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File Created: 22-Jun-2012 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:  29-Jan-2013 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI
Name CHOPIN NE, SNIPPAKER MOUNTAIN, ISKUT Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104B065
Status Showing NTS Map 104B11E
Latitude 056º 40' 27'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 131º 01' 55'' Northing 6282950
Easting 375500
Commodities Gold, Silver, Copper Deposit Types I02 : Intrusion-related Au pyrrhotite veins
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Chopin NE area is underlain by a sequence of folded and faulted upper Triassic andesitic volcanic and clastic sedimentary rock units of the Stuhini Group. The sequences of clastic layered rocks consist of volcanic wackes, andesitic flows, and argillite interbeds.

An irregular and discontinuous string of rusty pods trend north, up a cliff face in an area of intermediate volcanics. A 0.5 metre wide massive sulphide pod with 75 per cent pyrrhotite and 3 to 5 per cent chalcopyrite assayed 8.64 grams per tonne gold, 26.74 grams per tonne silver and 0.6 per cent copper (Assessment Report 21219, Sample 90T045R-096).

Exploration in 1990 and 1991 by Soloman Resources Ltd. (Soloman) entailed geological mapping and the collection of 336 soil, 2 silt, and 494 rock grab samples over the southern Ridge grid, as well as, the Handel, Chopin I and II claims (Assessment Report 21219). Prospecting and sampling yielded a number of new showings.

Refer to Bronson (104B 300) for a discussion of a common work history.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 9253, 10364, 11326, 16684, *21219, 25187, 29544, 30469
EMPR EXPL 1980-468; 1983-522; 1987-C378
EMPR GEOS MAP 1997-03
EMPR OF 1990-16; 1994-1
GSC MAP 9-1957; 311A; 1418A
GSC MEM 246, p. 78
GSC P 89-1E, pp. 145-154

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