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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  15-Jun-2007 by Sarah Meredith-Jones (SMJ)

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NMI 092I11 Cu1
Name BABY'S OWN, MOLY, MARTEL, EM Mining Division Kamloops
BCGS Map 092I054
Status Prospect NTS Map 092I11W
Latitude 050º 32' 26'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 17' 38'' Northing 5600125
Easting 620892
Commodities Copper, Gold Deposit Types K03 : Fe skarn
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Baby's Own showing area is underlain by a sequence of argillite, andesite, limestone and cherty limestone of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group intruded by intermediate to mafic dikes. Mineralization is related to skarn zones and northerly trending, steeply dipping shear zones.

Mineralization consists of disseminations, blebs and intermittent discontinuous stringers of chalcopyrite with lesser pyrite, arsenopyrite and hematite in association with semimassive magnetite. Some surface exposures reveal malachite and azurite occurring as splashes on limestone which contains pyrite and chalcopyrite. Select rock samples yielded up to 2.14 per cent copper and 0.36 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 21031).

The Baby's Own workings include a 9-metre shaft, several trenches, opencuts and at least three drillholes (pre-1951). In 1956, a magnetometer and geological survey was performed on behalf of Ainsworth Base Metals Ltd. In 1967, soil sampling was carried out by Cosmic-Lode Mines Ltd. In 1970-71, work on the property comprised VLF-EM and magnetic surveys and 29 metres of packsack drilling in two holes. In 1978, Penn Energy Corporation completed a VLF-EM and magnetic survey, and soil sampling. In 1989-90, rock sampling was carried out on behalf of J. Fleishman.

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1951-A124,A125; 1958-70; 1967-149
EMPR ASS RPT *155, 6713, *21031
EMPR EXPL 1978-E170
EMPR FIELDWORK 1981, pp. 270,271; 1996, pp. 117-123
GSC MAP 1010A; 1386A; 42-1989
GSC MEM 262
GSC OF 165; 866; 980
GSC P 46-8; 47-10; 69-23; 73-1A, p. 212; 74-49; 81-1A, pp. 185-189,
217-221; 82-1A, pp. 293-297; 85-1A, pp. 349-358
CJES Vol.15, No.1 (January 1978), pp. 99-116
Grette, J.F. (1978): Cache Creek and Nicola Groups near Ashcroft,
British Columbia, M.Sc. Thesis, University of British Columbia
EMPR PFD 650168, 811586, 823027

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