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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  03-Apr-2014 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI 092L6 Cu7
Name BLUE, BLUE 1-3 Mining Division Nanaimo
BCGS Map 092L044
Status Showing NTS Map 092L06W
Latitude 050º 29' 19'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 20' 51'' Northing 5594263
Easting 617222
Commodities Copper Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The Blue occurrence is located in the southern head waters of Waukwaas Creek, approximately 6.5 kilometres south east of Sarah Lake.

The area is underlain by the Upper Triassic Vancouver Group, Karmutsen Formation which is comprised mainly of a thick sequence of tholeiitic basalts. Regional north and northeast trending faults crosscut the volcanics (Geological Survey of Canada Map 4-1974).

Disseminated chalcopyrite and bornite mineralization are reported to occur in andesite and basalt of the Karmutsen Formation. The mineralization is localized in the southeast corner of the Blue 3 claim and about 1.0 kilometre to the east, on the far east side of the Blue 2 claim (Assessment Report 1662).

In 1968, Alpha Mines completed a program of soil sampling and prospecting on the area as the Blue claims.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1968-98
EMPR ASS RPT *1662
EMPR Prelim. Geol. Map (Jeffery, W.G., (1962): Alice Lake-
Benson Lake)
EMR MP CORPFILE (Alpha Mines Ltd.)
GSC MAP 4-1974; 255A
GSC OF 9; 170; 463
GSC P 69-1A; 70-1A; 72-44; 74-8
GSC SUM RPT 1918B; 1929A
EMPR PFD 810399, 673340, 673348

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