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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  18-Jul-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name NAT, ACE, NAT A, SILVER VISTA Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093M025
Status Showing NTS Map 093M06E
Latitude 055º 16' 48'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 00' 00'' Northing 6127773
Easting 627036
Commodities Copper, Tungsten, Lead, Zinc Deposit Types L04 : Porphyry Cu +/- Mo +/- Au
I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Nat showings are located on the west side of Netalzul Mountain, 45 kilometres east of Hazelton.

Copper and tungsten are found disseminated in granodiorite of the Late Cretaceous Bulkley Intrusions (Geology, Exploration and Mining 1976, page E156).

On Nat A, there is a 10-centimetre wide galena and sphalerite vein in "greenstone" of the Cronin volcanics, an informal subdivision of the Upper Cretaceous Kasalka Group (Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2322).

WORK HISTORY

In 1976, owners of the Nat A, B and C (12 claim units total) were W. H. Morris and R. D. Gilbert. The work conducted included test pits and trenching, 268 cubic metres, covering all claims, though the pertinent reports indicate the mineralization as being on the 2 unit Nat A claim.

In 2009, a total of 48 rock samples, 6 silt samples, and 20 soil samples were taken on the Nat group of claims on behalf of Chris Warren, Lorne Warren and CJL Enterprises. Only 22 rock samples and the 6 silt samples were assayed. The most interesting assay came from sample NATMR006 north of the Daisy showing (093M 016). Though covered by the Nat group, no mention is made of the Nat A showing (093M 148) and no sampling is done in the plotted Nat A area (093M 148). The accuracy of the MINFILE location is not reliable.

In 2012, some soil sampling grids were completed on the Silver Vista Property of Amarc Resources, whose extensive claims covered the area surrounding those claims that contained the Nat showing (Assessment Report 34084). In 2012, an airborne magnetic survey was flown over the Silver Vista claim block on behalf of Amarc Resources for a total of 4729 line-kilometre at a spacing of 200 metres (Assessment Report 33499). The survey included the area of the Nat showing (093M 148).

Refer to Daisy (093M 016), Ellen (093M 123) and Higgins (093M 017) for related details.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 32043, 33499, 34084
EMPR EXPL *1976-E156; 1999-80-84
EMPR GEM *1976-E156
GSC OF 2322
Henneberry, R.T. (2017-03-16): Technical Report - Silver Vista Property
EMPR PFD 674169

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