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File Created: 06-May-2020 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:  22-Jun-2023 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI
Name SKEETER, SKEETER LAKE, SCHAFT CREEK Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104G046
Status Showing NTS Map 104G07W
Latitude 057º 28' 42'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 130º 57' 55'' Northing 6372334
Easting 382158
Commodities Copper Deposit Types L04 : Porphyry Cu +/- Mo +/- Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine, Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The Skeeter showing is located approximately 48 kilometres south of Buckley Lake, 43 kilometres east of the Cassiar Highway, in an south trending valley.

The Skeeter area is underlain by massive plagioclase porphyritic basalt flows of the and coarse-bladed plagioclase and pyroxene porphyry dikes of the Upper Triassic Stuhini Group, Mess Lake Volcanic Facies. Middle to Late Triassic medium-grained equigranular augite diorite and gabbro of the Stikine Plutonic Suite are in contact with the Stuhini rocks just north of Skeeter Lake. Biotite granite to tonalite of the Late Devonian Plutonic Suite are in fault contact on the east.

In 2015, while conducting surficial geological mapping in the Skeeter Lake valley, Teck Resources noted Stuhini andesitic tuff to lapilli tuff containing disseminated chalcopyrite and pyrite. The given UTM coordinate for this mineralization plots in an area underlain by a pluton of the Stikine Plutonic Suite.

WORK HISTORY.

During 1971, Hecla Operating Company performed a soil geochemical survey for copper, a ground magnetometer survey, and geological mapping of the Skeeter Lake valley. A few minor chalcopyrite showings were located and several small weakly anomalous soil areas outlined. The magnetometer survey helped correlation of geology.

In 1973, Hecla surveyed four reconnaissance induced polarization lines on the claim group. Possible anomalous results were obtained on all four lines, but the lines were too widely spaced for correlation.

In 1981, Teck Explorations Limited contracted Phoenix Geophysics Ltd. to survey 15.6 line-kilometres of induced polarization on lines spaced 300 metres apart. Several anomalous zones were identified and were tested by drilling of seven 122 metre deep diamond-drill holes. Two of the holes warranted a MINFILE showing: SK-7 (104G 118) and SK-2 (104G 119).

In 2015, Teck Resources reported mineralization north of Skeeter Lake. See Schaft Creek (104G 015) for further details of work done by Teck Resource in the area of the Schaft Creek claims.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 2961, 3640, 4842, 9643, 10067, *35967
EMPR EXPL 1975-80,194
EMPR GEM 1970-49; 1971-49; 1972-527; 1973-39
GSC MAP 9-1957; 11-1971; 1418A
GSC MEM 246
GSC P 71-44

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