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File Created: 29-Aug-2013 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:  24-Mar-2015 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI
Name DEVON VII Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104G014
Status Showing NTS Map 104G03W
Latitude 057º 05' 11'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 131º 20' 55'' Northing 6329460
Easting 357670
Commodities Copper, Silver Deposit Types L03 : Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Devon VII area is underlain by Lower Permian limestone of the Stikine Assemblage and Triassic volcanic and sedimentary rock, including that of the Upper Triassic Stuhini Group. The stratigraphy is intruded by Late Triassic to Early Jurassic stocks such as that identified in the Galore Creek area to the west as the Copper Mountain Plutonic Suite.

In 1990, prospector J. Ruza blasted trenches in gossanous zones in volcanic and sedimentary rocks containing pyrites and copper minerals. Nine dynamited trenches totalling 27 metres in length were excavated. Fourteen rock samples were taken from the trenches and were analyzed.

Trenches 7 to 9 were grouped in one discrete area on the Devon VII claim.

Trench 8, sample Devon7-2 assayed 0.95 per cent copper and 6.2 grams per tonne silver and 1 part per billion gold (Assessment Report 20587).

The area is presently held by Novagold Canada Inc who has been developing the nearby Copper Canyon deposit (104G 017).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *20587
EMPR FIELDWORK 1975, p. 79; 1988, p. 281
EMPR INF CIRC 1991-21
EMPR OF 1989-8; 1992-1; 1998-8-F, pp. 1-60, 1998-10
GSC MAP 9-1957; 11-1971; 310A; 1418A
GSC MEM 246
GSC P 71-44, p. 27
CIM Spec. Vol. 46, pp. 645-649.

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