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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  12-Jun-1988 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)

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NMI 093L14 Au2
Name IRON KING (L.7266), MYRTLE (L.7265) Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093L074
Status Prospect NTS Map 093L14W
Latitude 054º 47' 40'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 20' 41'' Northing 6073174
Easting 606421
Commodities Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine, Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The Iron King claim is underlain by Lower Jurassic Hazelton Group volcanics of the Telkwa Formation comprised mainly of massive andesite, rhyolite, andesitic flows, intercalated tuff, breccia and massive tuff. The volcanics are intruded by a Late Cretaceous to Early Tertiary granodiorite stock and associated quartz-feldspar porphyry dikes.

An open cut on the claim exposed stringers carrying arsenopyrite, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite across a width of approximately 2.5 metres. The general strike is 054 degrees with a southeast dip. A selected sample assayed trace gold, 123.4 grams per tonne silver, 15.8 per cent zinc and 0.8 per cent copper (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1914, page 216).

On the adjacent Myrtle claim two stringers carry arsenopyrite and a little sphalerite. One selected sample from each vein assayed 10.3 grams per tonne gold, 78.9 grams per tonne silver, and 6.9 grams per tonne gold, 109.7 grams per tonne silver (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1914, page 216).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1909-84; 1911-117-118; 1912-45; *1914-216
GSC P 36-20, p. 90; 44-23
GSC MAP 971A
GSC EC GEOL No. 4, p. 45, 1927
EMPR MAP 69-1
EMPR GEM 1973-347
EMPR ASS RPT *14300, 17773
GSC OF 351
GSC BULL 270
EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 195-208
Kirkham, R.V., (1969): A Mineralogical and Geochemical Study of the Zonal Distribution of Ores in the Hudson Bay Range, British Columbia, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin

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