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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  31-Oct-1988 by Allan Wilcox (AFW)

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Name MOUNT BIGGER Mining Division Atlin
BCGS Map 114P047
Status Showing NTS Map 114P07W
Latitude 059º 24' 29'' UTM 08 (NAD 83)
Longitude 136º 40' 07'' Northing 6586678
Easting 405278
Commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Alexander
Capsule Geology

At the Mount Bigger showing, quartz veins, less than one metre wide, occur within crystal tuffs, minor andesitic flows and dykes. The veins contain small stringers of galena. A sample assayed 5486 grams per tonne silver, 1.18 per cent copper, 38.10 per cent lead, and 2.70 per cent zinc.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *12227, *13835
GSC OF 926, 2191

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