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MINFILE No  103I 205
File Created: 29-Sep-1986 by Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:  01-Jan-0001 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)

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Name PORCUPINE CREEK, QUILL CREEK Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 103I098
Status Showing NTS Map 103I16W
Latitude 054º 56' 19'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 128º 25' 46'' Northing 6088109
Easting 536553
Commodities Gold, Silver Deposit Types C01 : Surficial placers
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Bowser Lake
Capsule Geology

The area is underlain by sediments of the Jurassic to Cretaceous Bowser Lake Group. Auriferous quartz veins are probable sources of coarse gold found in benches along Porcupine and Quill creeks.

Sampling of coarse pyrite from sluicing operations, assayed 39 grams per tonne gold, and 27.4 grams per tonne silver (Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 329).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1931-79-80
EMPR BULL 21, p. 18; 28, p. 43
EMPR MAP 8; 69-1
GSC MAP 11-1956; 278A; 1136A; 1385A
GSC MEM 212, p. 54; *329, p. 72
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