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File Created: 25-Mar-1993 by Dorthe E. Jakobsen (DEJ)
Last Edit:  18-Jul-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name MG 2, BARITE 4, BARITE Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 104A012
Status Prospect NTS Map 104A04W
Latitude 056º 08' 28'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 129º 45' 27'' Northing 6222043
Easting 452929
Commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The MG 2 showing is located on the east-central portion of the Barite 4 claim, near Cullen Creek, a tributary of the Bear River, about 50 kilometres northeast of Stewart.

The area is underlain by Jurassic Hazelton Group rocks. These comprise andesitic tuffs and breccias of the Lower Jurassic Unuk River Formation and volcanic sediments and tuffs with minor chert and limestone of the Lower Jurassic Betty Creek Formation. At the mouth of Cullen Creek is a small monzonite stock probably related to the Tertiary Bitter Creek dike swarm.

The showing is underlain predominantly by volcanic (probably andesitic) tuffs, breccias and conglomerates. The northeast trending Cullen Creek fault/shear zone is the main structure in the area.

A series of irregular galena veins, up to 2 centimetres wide, generally strike between 070 and 050 degrees, dipping 39 to 64 degrees south. The veins have been traced along strike for at least 100 metres. The veins, hosted in mafic tuff, also contain quartz and calcite. A chip sample (MR-224) across a 2 metre wide face of a 2 centimetre wide vein assayed 36.7 per cent lead, 200.4 grams per tonne silver and 0.3683 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 22033). The sample contained quartz and 90 to 100 per cent galena.

The area has seen some exploration activity, primarily associated with the Crown-granted claims. There are no records of this work but there is evidence of prospecting and trenching. The work was most likely done in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1989, the Barite and Von claims were acquired by Teuton Resources. In 1990, Teuton Resources conducted stream sediment sampling, geological mapping, rock geochemical sampling and prospecting. In 1991, Teuton conducted geochemical (soil and silt) and rock sampling. The showing was sampled at this time.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 20784, *22033, 32877
EMPR BULL 58; 63
EMPR MAP 8
EMPR OF 1987-22; 1994-14
GSC MAP 307A; 315A; 9-1957; 1418
GSC OF 2582; 2779
Wilkins, A. (2010-09-30): Technical Report - BA Property
EMPR PFD 825684

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