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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  09-Jun-2020 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI 104I5 Cu1
Name KAY 49, KIM, KING Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104I021
Status Showing NTS Map 104I05W
Latitude 058º 15' 24'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 129º 57' 53'' Northing 6457692
Easting 443386
Commodities Copper, Silver Deposit Types L04 : Porphyry Cu +/- Mo +/- Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine, Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The Kay 49 occurrence is located about 21 kilometres south-southeast of the community of Dease Lake.

The showing occurs in an area underlain by Upper Triassic rocks of the Stuhini Group. Volcanic rock observed on the property consists of greenish red breccias, green massive volcanics with some magnetite and pyrrhotite and porphyritic andesites. These rocks are intruded by granodiorite to hornblende quartz monzonite of the Early to Middle Jurassic Three Sisters Pluton, part of the Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic Hotailuh batholith.

The showing occurs in a metavolcanic/sedimentary sequence about 30 metres wide and dipping vertically. The sequence is epidotized, bleached and mineralized with pyrrhotite, minor pyrite and occasional specks of chalcopyrite. The most intense mineralization comprises about 5 to 7 per cent sulphides over 2.4 to 3 metres. In 1970, a selected sample assayed trace gold, 1.37 grams per tonne silver and 0.04 per cent copper (Assessment Report 2766).

From 1969 to 1972, the Kay claims were worked by Tanzilla Explorations Ltd. Geological, geochemical and geophysical (including magnetometer and induced polarization) surveys were completed. Refer also to the Kay 19 occurrence (104I 037) located 2.4 kilometres north.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *2152, *2622, *2766, 2767, 3204, 3205, 3372, 3973
EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 429-434
EMPR GEM 1969-45; 1970-38; 1971-45; 1972-538
EMPR PF (Aikens, C.E.T. (1974): Report on Work on Forfeited Claims, Tanzilla Explorations Ltd, Ko, Kay, King Fr. and Box Claims)
EMPR OF 1989-18; 1996-11
EMPR PFD 812293, 861326
GSC MEM 194, pp. 7,16
GSC OF 610; 2262; 2779
GSC BULL 504
GSC MAP 9-1957; 29-1962; 1418A; 1712A
GSC P 78-1A, pp. 25-27
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