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File Created: 23-Dec-1991 by Ron McMillan (RHM)
Last Edit:  30-Dec-1991 by Ron McMillan (RHM)

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NMI
Name WILLO, WILLO 1, SHEGUNIA Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093M032
Status Showing NTS Map 093M05E
Latitude 055º 20' 51'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 37' 47'' Northing 6134317
Easting 586893
Commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Plutonic Rocks, Overlap Assemblage
Capsule Geology

The Willo occurrence is located on Shegunia Creek, 10.5 kilometres north of Hazelton.

The host rock is a north-trending sill-like body of granite porphyry which appears to be one of the Eocene Babine Intrusions (Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2322). The intrusive body cuts siltstone, sandstone and carbonaceous shale of the Lower Cretaceous Kitsuns Creek formation (Skeena Group).

Narrow fracture zones, up to 15 centimetres in width, contain pyrrhotite, pyrite and very minor chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite and arsenopyrite.

A 5-centimetre wide sample of one vein assayed less than 1 gram per tonne gold, 11 grams per tonne silver, 0.22 per cent copper, 0.52 per cent lead and 0.16 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 8199).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *8199
GSC OF 2322 (#215)
EMPR PFD 681489

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