MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 094C 047

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	27-May-2021	by	George Owsiacki (GO)

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		NMI	094C4 Cu5
Name	MATETLO CREEK, COPPER 3	Mining Division	Omineca
		BCGS Map	094C022
Status	Showing	NTS Map	094C04E
Latitude	056º 14' 08''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	125º 42' 26''	Northing	6235593
		Easting	332209
Commodities	Copper	Deposit Types	L03 : Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Quesnel

Capsule Geology

The Matetlo Creek occurrence is located on a northeast-trending spur, 2 kilometres west of Matetlo Creek and approximately 95 kilometres northwest of the community of Germansen Landing.

The showing area is underlain by diorite, monzonite, and granodiorite of the Lower Jurassic Hogem Plutonic Suite. This copper occurrence is noted on Geological Survey of Canada Map 1030A. No description is available but disseminated chalcopyrite mineralization is inferred.


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