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File Created: 26-May-2023 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)
Last Edit:  05-Jun-2023 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name GRID, STAR, LAY Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 094C042
Status Showing NTS Map 094C05E
Latitude 056º 27' 56'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 125º 37' 57'' Northing 6261003
Easting 337818
Commodities Copper, Platinum, Palladium Deposit Types M05 : Alaskan-type Pt+/-Os+/-Rh+/-Ir
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Grid occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 1850 metres on a southwest-facing slope, north of the Mesilinka River and approximately 8 kilometres northeast of Aiken Lake.

Regionally, the area is underlain by volcaniclastic rocks of the Permian Lay Range Assemblage, fine clastic sedimentary rocks of the Upper Devonian to Permian Big Creek Group and ultramafic rocks of the Lower Jurassic Polaris Ultramafic Complex. To the southwest basaltic volcanic rocks of the Triassic to Jurassic Takla Group are exposed.

Locally, very fine-grained chalcopyrite occurs near the periphery of granitic rocks.

In 1987, a sample is reported to have yielded 0.111 per cent copper, 0.990 gram per tonne platinum and 0.174 gram per tonne palladium, whereas later sampling of the occurrence area is reported to have yielded values of up to 0.299 per cent copper, 0.301 gram per tonne platinum, 0.323 gram per tonne palladium and 0.145 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 35680).

Work History

The area has been historically explored in conjunction with the nearby Ridge (MINFILE 094C 164) occurrence and a complete regional exploration history can be found there.

In 1987, Lucana Mining Corporation conducted prospecting and geochemical sampling the area as the Lay claims.

In 2007, 2014 and 2015, U. Mowat completed programs of prospecting and geochemical (rock and soil) sampling on the area as the Star property.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 16236, 16628, 29397, 35114, *35680
EMPR BULL 93
EMPR EXPL 2003-23; 2004-44
EMPR FIELDWORK 1991, pp. 127-145; 1992, pp. 109-134; 2018, pp. 31-53; 2019, pp. 25-47
EMPR GEOS MAP 2001-10
EMPR MER 2003-20; 2004-13
EMPR OF 1989-17; 1990-13; 1992-11; 1993-2; 1995-6, 25; 1996-19
EMPR P 1992-01, pp. 127-145; 1993-01, pp. 109-134; 2019-01, pp. 31-53; 2020-01, pp. 25-47
GBC RPT 2021-01, pp. 105-120
GSC MAP 1030A
GSC MEM 274
GSC OF 864

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