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MINFILE No  103I 148
File Created: 24-Nov-1986 by Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:  28-Aug-1989 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)

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NMI 103I9 Au10
Name COPPER DOLLAR, EAGLES NEST Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 103I069
Status Showing NTS Map 103I09E
Latitude 054º 41' 19'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 128º 14' 26'' Northing 6060406
Easting 548956
Commodities Gold, Silver, Copper Deposit Types I02 : Intrusion-related Au pyrrhotite veins
L01 : Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The area is underlain by andesites of the Jurassic Hazelton Group. The Copper Dollar showing contains gold mineralization in a banded quartzose structure. Samples contain up to 6.6 grams per tonne gold (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1914). The Eagle's Nest showing carries traces of gold and silver in a zone containing copper minerals. It lies about 500 metres northwest of the Copper Dollar.

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1914-137,Map p. 120
EMPR MAP 8
GSC MAP 11-1956; 278A; 1136A; 1385A
GSC MEM 329
GSC P 36-17
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