MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 094C 046

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	27-May-2021	by	George Owsiacki (GO)

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		NMI	094C4 Cu4
Name	ETSCHITKA CREEK, COPPER 2	Mining Division	Omineca
		BCGS Map	094C022
Status	Showing	NTS Map	094C04E
Latitude	056º 14' 48''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	125º 44' 12''	Northing	6236901
		Easting	330433
Commodities	Copper	Deposit Types	L03 : Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Plutonic Rocks, Quesnel

Capsule Geology

The Etschitka Creek occurrence is located east of Etschitka Creek, approximately 95 kilometres northwest of the community of Germansen Landing.

The showing area is underlain by diorite, monzonite, and granodiorite of the Early Jurassic Hogem Plutonic Suite. This copper occurrence is noted on Geological Survey of Canada Map 1030A. No description is available but disseminated chalcopyrite mineralization is inferred.


Bibliography	EMPR FIELDWORK 2018, pp. 31-53; 2019, pp. 25-47 EMPR GEOS MAP 2001-4 EMPR OF 1992-11; 1995-6; 1996-19 EMPR P 2019-01, pp. 31-53; 2020-01, pp. 25-47 EMPR PRELIM MAP 9 GSC MAP *1030A GSC MEM 274, pp. 201-229 GSC OF 864 GBC 2021-01, pp. 105-120