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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  30-Jun-1988 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)

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NMI 093L15 Ag11
Name SHAMROCK, LAKEVIEW Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093L086
Status Showing NTS Map 093L15W
Latitude 054º 52' 00'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 126º 52' 06'' Northing 6082036
Easting 636801
Commodities Copper, Silver Deposit Types L01 : Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
D03 : Volcanic redbed Cu
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The claims are underlain by Lower Jurassic Hazelton Group, Nilkitkwa Formation volcanics comprised mainly of andesite, andesitic flows, tuffs and breccia.

The Shamrock showing is a vein (in maroon andesite) ranging from 0.3 to 0.9 metres in width comprised of brecciated andesite and calcite. Mineralization consists of bornite, covellite and chalcocite with minor native copper. In 1922, a 0.6 metre sample of the vein material assayed 102.9 grams per tonne silver and 0.9 per cent copper (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1922, page 106).

The Lakeview showing is a mineralized shear zone averaging 1.5 metres in width, striking 045 degrees and dipping 69 degrees southeast. The quartz vein hosts bornite.

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1922-106; 1925-138; *1929-167
EMPR GEM 1970-165
EMPR MAP 69-1
EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 181-193; 1988, pp. 195-208; 1991, pp. 93-101
GSC SUM RPT 1924A
GSC MAP 671A
GSC OF 351
GSC BULL 270
EMPR PFD 880365, 880366

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