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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  06-Jun-1986 by Gary R. Foye (GRF)

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NMI
Name PARK Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 093E034
Status Showing NTS Map 093E06W
Latitude 053º 20' 56'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 21' 06'' Northing 5912349
Easting 609722
Commodities Copper, Silver, Zinc Deposit Types K01 : Cu skarn
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Undivided Metamorphic Assembl.
Capsule Geology

The occurrence is situated near the eastern margin of the Coast Crystalline Complex. The property is mainly underlain by the Paleozoic (?) Gamsby Group which on the property is represented by dacitic-andesite, phyllite and phyllitic siltstone. These rocks are intruded by plutons ranging in composition from quartz diorite to quartz monzonite. Rhyolite dikes or sills also occur in both the volcanics and sediments. Two types of massive copper-silver mineralization are associated with skarn lenses within phyllites. One type consists of bornite accompanied by wollastonite, while the other type consists of chalcopyrite accompanied by andradite garnet. Discontinuous bands of sphalerite also occur locally. The largest observed lens measures approximately 90 metres by 13 metres.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 11172, *12209
EMPR EXPL 1982-280; 1983-405
GSC MEM 299
GSC MAP 1064A
GSC OF 708
EMPR OF 1988-2; 1994-14
EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 155-168
EMPR PFD 521892

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