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File Created: 04-Feb-2014 by Nicole Barlow (NB)
Last Edit:  29-Apr-2022 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI
Name DISCOVERY CREEK, HOMATHKO Mining Division Clinton, Vancouver
BCGS Map 092N037
Status Showing NTS Map 092N07E
Latitude 051º 22' 32'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 124º 37' 14'' Northing 5692832
Easting 387202
Commodities Gold, Silver, Copper Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Stikine, Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The Discovery Creek showing is located approximately 205 kilometres northwest of Lillooet and 2 kilometres northwest of Homathko Peak. The showing is part of the Homathko property, which also contains the Hom showing (MINFILE 092N 023).

The area is underlain by the Stikine terrane, consisting of Jurassic plutonic and metamorphic rocks of the Coast Plutonic Complex.

Locally, the property is underlain by the Homathko tonalite, massive to pillowed mafic volcanics, pyritic mudstones, graphitic argillites, siltstones, quartz feldspar porphyry and altered mafic volcanics.

Mineralization occurs as patchy disseminated chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite and pyrite in a 20- to 60-metre-wide exposure of stockwork of quartz ankerite veining over a strike length of 200 metres within altered mafic volcanics and quartz feldspar porphyry.

In 2010, Transition Metals Corp. staked the property and completed prospecting and mapping. Highlights of the prospecting include rock sample E241886, which assayed 87.5 grams per tonne gold and 45.7 grams per tonne silver, and rock sample E241885, which assayed 15.1 grams per tonne gold and 1.4 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 32197).

In 2011, Transition Metals Corp. conducted geological mapping and prospecting on the property. Highlights of the prospecting include rock sample L781102, which assayed 25.8 grams per tonne silver and 0.99 per cent copper (Assessment Report 33110).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *32197, *33110, 34198, 35546, 37245, 40129
GSC MAP 5-1968; 1713A
EMPR PFD 670827

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