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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  29-Jun-2021 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI 092I6 Cu7
Name KEY Mining Division Kamloops
BCGS Map 092I045
Status Showing NTS Map 092I06E
Latitude 050º 29' 22'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 10' 00'' Northing 5594657
Easting 630047
Commodities Copper, Molybdenum Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Key occurrence area is underlain by Early Jurassic-Late Triassic Guichon Creek batholith quartz diorites to granodiorites. Border phase rocks to the west are in contact with Guichon variety rocks to the east. Mineralization is described only as chalcopyrite, bornite and molybdenum; the exact location of the mineralization ambiguous. An assay returned 0.2 per cent copper (Assessment Report 6488).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1967-283; 1968-175
EMPR ASS RPT *892, 1727, 2220, 2221, *6488, 9217, 10327, 10622
EMPR BULL 56; 62
EMPR EXPL 1977-E143,E144; 1982-200
EMPR GEM 1969-258; 1972-152
EMPR MAP *30
GSC MAP 1010A; 1386A; 42-1989
GSC MEM 262
GSC P 46-8; 47-10
CIM Spec. Vol. 15 (1976), pp. 85-104
Northcote, K.E. (1968): Geology and Geochronology of the Guichon Creek Batholith, British Columbia, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, The
University of British Columbia

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