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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  09-Feb-1988 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI 104G12 Au1
Name AUGUST Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104G063
Status Showing NTS Map 104G12E
Latitude 057º 37' 49'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 131º 33' 27'' Northing 6390428
Easting 347295
Commodities Gold, Copper, Silver Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

This occurrence is underlain by Upper Triassic andesites of the Stuhini Group. These are badly shattered by numerous faults but not greatly altered. Four shatter zones occur in which the rock fragments have been partly or wholly cemented by calcite. These zones vary from 0.3 to 4.6 metres in width and may be up to 60 metres in length. Three of the zones strike northeast and the fourth strikes east. All dip steeply to the southeast.

Quartz veins bearing chalcopyrite, bornite and pyrite in scatter- ed grains and irregular masses are found within the shattered zones. The veins are generally small, ranging from a few millimetres to several centimetres in width, but may attain widths up to 0.75 metres.

A sample of the 0.75 metre wide vein contained 63.8 grams per tonne gold, 7.2 grams per tonne silver and 2.1 per cent copper. A chip sample across a 1.8 metre section contained 14.1 grams per tonne gold, 27.4 grams per tonne silver and 2.0 per cent copper.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1906-58; *1919-81; *1930-119
EMPR ASS RPT *13662
EMPR FIELDWORK 1990, p. 141
EMPR OF 1990-1
GSC MAP 11-1971; 309A; 1418A
GSC MEM *246, p. 75
GSC P 71-44
GSC SUM RPT *1928, p. 25
EMPR PFD 521007, 521408, 521411

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