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MINFILE No  103I 152
File Created: 15-Dec-1986 by Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:  28-Aug-1989 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)

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NMI 103I9 Au9
Name POOR BOY Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 103I068
Status Showing NTS Map 103I09W
Latitude 054º 38' 39'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 128º 25' 26'' Northing 6055348
Easting 537178
Commodities Gold, Silver, Copper Deposit Types I02 : Intrusion-related Au pyrrhotite veins
L01 : Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The area is underlain by granite to diorite intrusions related to the Cretaceous to Tertiary Coast Plutonic Complex.

An east trending, north dipping shear zone in diorite contains a 0.5 metre wide quartz vein mineralized with bornite and possibly free gold. A sample assayed 2.0 grams per tonne gold, 54.9 grams per tonne silver and 0.3 per cent copper (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1914).

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1914-141,Map p. 120
EMPR ASS RPT 2719
EMPR MAP 8
GSC MAP 1136A; 1385A; 11-1956
GSC MEM 329
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