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File Created: 13-Feb-1986 by John Bradford (JB)
Last Edit:  11-Feb-2020 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI
Name GAZOO (CENTRAL STOCK), GAZOO - CENTRAL STOCK, TOOZAZA CREEK, RIDGE Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104O069
Status Showing NTS Map 104O09E
Latitude 059º 37' 39'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 130º 13' 51'' Northing 6610571
Easting 430579
Commodities Molybdenum, Copper Deposit Types L05 : Porphyry Mo (Low F- type)
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Cassiar
Capsule Geology

The Gazoo (Central Stock) occurrence is located near the confluence of Iverson and Toozaza creeks in the Cassiar Mountains of northwestern British Columbia, about 133 kilometres north of the community of Dease Lake.

A 750-metre-long stock of biotite-muscovite quartz monzonite intrudes foliated biotite quartz monzonite of the Early Cretaceous Cassiar batholith and is locally cut by quartz veins. Four small plugs of porphyritic quartz monzonite intrude the stock. The contact between the foliated intrusion and the stock is faulted. One of the contact/faults trends northwest and contains fluorite, calcite, chalcedony and quartz-pyrite-sericite veins and breccia and gouge zones up to 15 metres wide. Molybdenite and chalcopyrite occur in quartz-pyrite veins, in fault breccia zones, and as disseminations in the host intrusions. A large northeast trending fault zone is the locus of intense argillic-sericitic alteration.

In 1978, Amax Potash Limited conducted geological mapping and collected a total of 406 soil, silt and rock chip samples from within the claims area. A 10 metre rock chip sample (BTM 868b) from the Ridge showing assayed 0.064 per cent MoS2 (Assessment Report 7148). The Ridge showing is located 370 metres southeast of the Central Stock showing.

Bibliography
EMPR EXPL 1978-E274
EMPR ASS RPT *7148
EMPR OF 1996-11; 2000-4
EMPR BULL 83
GSC P 68-55
GSC MAP 18-1968
GSC OF 561; 2779

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