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File Created: 23-Feb-1989 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)
Last Edit:  30-Aug-1999 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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NMI
Name SHG, SHG MAGNUM, SHG WEDGE, SHG TREND, SHG MILL Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 103C089
Status Showing NTS Map 103C16E
Latitude 052º 52' 59'' UTM 08 (NAD 83)
Longitude 132º 12' 36'' Northing 5862907
Easting 687723
Commodities Gold Deposit Types H03 : Hot spring Au-Ag
K03 : Fe skarn
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The oldest rocks on the property consist of massive volcanic flows, breccias and pillowed lavas of the Upper Triassic Vancouver Group, Karmutsen Formation. These volcanics have undergone regional greenschist facies metamorphism and are overlain by massive limestone of the Upper Triassic Sadler Formation (Kunga Group). Small intermediate composition dikes intrude the Sadler limestone and to a lesser degree the Karmutsen greenstones. The dikes are spatially related to quartz veins and silicified breccias.

On the property, quartz veins and silicified breccias occur in limestone over an area of about 800 metres by 800 metres. Within the central zone, massive quartz veins up to 2.0 metres in width and quartz stringers occur within the acid to intermediate dikes. Silicified breccia is common along several of the dike margins. The breccias contain minor pyrite and arsenopyrite.

Skarn mineralization is poorly exposed on the property but occurs near the base of the Sadler limestone. Common mineralization is sulphide-epidote and fine-grained silicates with some magnetite. The sulphides comprise 2 to 10 per cent of the rock volume and consist of pyrite, pyrrhotite and arsenopyrite. Tremolite occurs with severe bleaching of the limestone. Tremolite is common locally at the limestone-greenstone contact.

Numerous rock chip samples were collected in 1980 by Placer Development Limited. Individual dike-quartz vein occurrences have values ranging from trace to 0.155 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 8010).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *8010
EMPR BULL 54
EMPR EXPL *1980-370
EMPR FIELDWORK 1997, 19-1-19-14
GSC MAP 1385A
GSC P 86-20; 88-1E, pp. 213-216,*221-227; 89-1H, pp. 95-112; 90-10, pp. 163-172
MIN REV March/April, 1988, pp. 19-24

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