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File Created: 31-Mar-1988 by Gordon S. Archer (GSA)
Last Edit:  24-Mar-2022 by Nicole Barlow (NB)

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Name 367 (SULPHURETS), SULPHURETS, RED RIVER Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 104B049
Status Showing NTS Map 104B08E
Latitude 056º 28' 01'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 130º 12' 03'' Northing 6258690
Easting 426020
Commodities Gold, Silver, Lead Deposit Types H04 : Epithermal Au-Ag-Cu: high sulphidation
G07 : Subaqueous hot spring Ag-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The 367 area is underlain by rock of the Lower Jurassic Unuk River Formation, Hazelton Group. These rocks consist of sandstone, wackes and shale overlain by lapilli-tuff of andesitic composition. The Brucejack fault and associated splay faults cut the country rock in a north-south to northwest direction. North of Brucejack Lake, the fault system is bounded on the east by rocks of the Lower Jurassic Unuk River Formation, Hazelton Group. A variety of Jurassic hornblende syenites and alkali feldspar syenites occur in the area.

The 367 showing is a zone of tectonically brecciated andesite with a matrix of vuggy quartz, quartz veins and carbonate veins. It occurs in a cross-fracture zone with 50-degree trend adjacent to the first north-south fault west of the Brucejack fault. The zone occurs mainly between north-south faults, crosscutting, but fading out across the fault. The breccia matrix and veins contain minor arsenopyrite and galena. The wallrock is slightly sericitized (Bridge, D. and Melnyk, W., 1982).

Refer to West (104B 193) for details of related mineralization and work history.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL 63
EMPR EXPL 1976-E181; 1977-E222; 1980-464; 1981-248; 1982-382; 1983-520; 1986-C441
EMPR FIELDWORK 1982, pp. 171-174; 1987, pp. 199-209
EMPR OF 1988-4
EMPR PF (Bridge, D.A., Ferguson, L.J., and Brown, M.G., (1981): 1980 Exploration Report on the Sulphurets Property for Esso Minerals Canada Ltd. (unpublished); *Bridge, D., and Melnyk, W., (1982): 1981 Exploration Report on the Sulphurets Property for Esso Minerals Canada Ltd. (unpublished); Bridge, D., and Melnyk, W., (1983): 1982 Exploration Report on the Sulphurets Property for Esso Minerals Canada Ltd. (unpublished); Britten, R.M., (1983): Regional Geological Assessment of the Stewart-Sulphurets Area, and Geology and Alteration of the Sulphurets Prospect Area for Esso Minerals Canada Ltd. (unpublished); Lomenda, M.G., (1983): Geology, Alteration and Mineralization of the Mitchell-Sulphurets Ridge and Snowfields Gold zone, Sulphurets Property for Esso Minerals Canada Ltd. (unpublished); Melnyk, W., (1983): 1983 Canada Ltd. (unpublished); Geology Map - 1:31,250 Scale - Newmont Exploration of Canada Ltd., 1960's)
GSC MAP 9-1957; 1418A
GSC P 89-1E, pp. 145-154
Kirkham, R.V., (1963): The Geology and Mineral Deposits in the Vicinity of the Mitchell and Sulphurets Glaciers, M.Sc. Thesis, University of British Columbia
Simpson, T.M., (1983): The Geology and Hydrothermal Alteration of the Sulphurets Deposits, Northwest British Columbia, M.Sc. Thesis, University of Idaho
Armstrong, T.A. (2010-01-14): Technical Report and Resource Estimates on the West, Bridge, Galena Hill, Shore, SG & Gossan Hill Gold & Silver Zones of the Brucejack Property
Ghaffari, H. (2010-09-10): Technical Report and Preliminary Assessment of the Snowfield-Brucejack Project
Ghaffari, H. (2010-10-28): Technical Report and Preliminary Assessment of the Snowfield-Brucejack Project
Armstrong, T.A. (2011-03-04): Technical Report and Updated Resource Estimate on the Brucejack Property
Armstrong, T.A. (2011-04-04): Technical Report and Updated Resource Estimate on the Snowfield-Brucejack Property
Ghaffari, H. (2011-06-03): Technical Report and Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Brucejack Project
Armstrong, T.A. (2012-01-12): Technical Report and Resource Estimate on the Brucejack Property
Ghaffari, H. (2012-02-20): Technical Report and Updated Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Brucejack Project
Jones, I. (2019-04-04): Technical Report on the Brucejack Gold Mine
Pretium Resources Inc. (2020-03-09): Technical Report on the Brucejack Gold Mine, Northwest British Columbia

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