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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  20-May-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI 104I4 Cu2
Name BELL, GALAXIE Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104I021
Status Showing NTS Map 104I04W
Latitude 058º 14' 04'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 129º 54' 16'' Northing 6455168
Easting 446890
Commodities Copper Deposit Types K01 : Cu skarn
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Bell showing is located about 26 kilometres southeast of Dease Lake.

The showing occurs in an area mapped as Middle Triassic rocks of the Stuhini Group. These include augite porphyry, meta-andesite, metabasalt, volcanic breccia and possibly some sedimentary rock. The southern portion of the property is adjacent to quartz monzonite of the Middle Jurassic Three Sisters Plutonic Suite. Several major north-trending faults are evident in the area.

Magnetite is reported in all the volcanics and in places is accompanied by strong concentrations of disseminated chalcopyrite. Mineralization type is assumed to be copper skarn similar to the Crown showing (104I 046) located 5 kilometres west.

In 1971, Chapparal Mines Ltd. conducted magnetometer and induced polarization surveys, collected soil samples and completed two diamond-drill holes totalling 160 metres. No other work is reported.

In 1989, Equity Silver prospected and sampled the area. This work identified two separate localities, approximately 400 metres apart, of dacite and weakly carbonate-altered andesite. The dacite contained no visible sulphides and has limonite on its weathered surfaces. Epidote, pyrite and malachite are present on fracture surfaces in the altered andesite. Two select grab samples yielded values of 0.232 and 1.299 per cent copper, respectively (Assessment Report 19177).

In 2011, Finsbury Exploration Ltd carried out exploration over the Property as part of a soil and silt sampling program over a much larger 168,983 hectare property area known as the Galaxie property.

In 2012, Quartz Mountain Resources Ltd, on the Galaxie property, conducted systematic soil and IP surveys over eight high-priority grids and two target areas identified by the 2011 stream sediment and soil geochemical results. This work included an IP survey over almost the entirety of title 512878 and the southeastern third of title 604847.

Bibliography
EMPR GEM 1971-44
EMPR ASS RPT *2889, *19177
EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 429-434
EMPR OF 1996-11
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
Bowen, B.K. (2012-07-30): Technical Report on the Galaxie Project
Bowen, B.K. (2013-04-30): Technical Report on the Galaxie Project
EMPR PFD 861326, 680681

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