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File Created: 15-Sep-1986 by Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:  11-Aug-1989 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)

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NMI
Name LA PORTE Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 103I011
Status Showing NTS Map 103I04W
Latitude 054º 10' 19'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 129º 56' 06'' Northing 6003056
Easting 438965
Commodities Gold, Silver, Copper Deposit Types I02 : Intrusion-related Au pyrrhotite veins
L01 : Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The area is underlain by quartz diorite of the northern part of the Cretaceous to Tertiary Ecstall pluton. Quartz veins with auriferous pyrite and chalcopyrite lenses are associated with pegmatite and aplite dykes. Erratic mineralization occurs along a 60.0 metre, northwest strike, dipping about 15 degrees northeast. A composite sample of a 1.5 by 0.4 metre lens, assayed 8.2 grams per tonne gold, 51.4 grams per tonne silver and 4.4 per cent copper (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1934).

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1934-B9,B10; 1935-B26
EMPR MAP 8
GSC MAP 12-1966; 1136A; 1385A; 1472A; 1868A
GSC MEM 329; 394

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