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File Created: 05-Aug-1988 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)
Last Edit:  01-Jan-0001 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)

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Name HUMMING BIRD (L.7591), BULKLEY RIVER Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093L074
Status Showing NTS Map 093L14W
Latitude 054º 47' 15'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 21' 06'' Northing 6072391
Easting 605993
Commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Manganese Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The claim (Lot 7591) is underlain by Lower Jurassic Hazelton volcanics comprised of fractured red and green andesitic flows, tuffs and breccia. Quartz veins hosting galena, sphalerite, arsenopyrite and pyrite crosscut the volcanics.

The main vein, striking 065 degrees was explored by several open cuts. There is a considerable amount of black oxidized earthy material on the surface of the vein which extends approximately 152 meters. The black oxidized material was identified in 1908 as pyro- lusite. Beneath this decomposed area, the ore is comprised of sphalerite, arsenopyrite, galena and pyrite with quartz gangue and altered dike rock that is shattered and brecciated. In 1908 a sample assayed 1.02 grams per tonne gold and 355.5 grams per tonne silver. In 1929, a 0.6 metre sample of the northern extremity of the vein assayed 8.2 grams per tonne gold, 733.7 grams per tonne silver, 15 per cent lead and 25.6 per cent zinc.

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1908-64,172; 1912-115; *1914-216; *1929-162
EMPR MAP 69-1
EMPR PF (Claim Map 93L-14W)
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
GSC SUM RPT *1908, p. 45
GSC EC GEOL *1932, Vol. 12, p. 119
GSC OF 351
GSC BULL 270

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