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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  15-Feb-2026 by Del Ferguson (DF)

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NMI 093A6 Cu3
Name WOOD Mining Division Cariboo
BCGS Map 093A024
Status Showing NTS Map 093A06W
Latitude 052º 15' 02'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 19' 05'' Northing 5790239
Easting 614817
Commodities Copper Deposit Types L04 : Porphyry Cu +/- Mo +/- Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The WOOD showing is situated on the southeast edge of Woodjam Creek, 11 kilometres southeast of the community of Horsefly, 57 kilometres east-northeast of the city of Williams Lake.

The geology of the region consists of Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Nicola Group volcanic rocks intruded by the Lower Jurassic Takomkane batholith granodiorite. Plateau basalt of probable Miocene age overlies the Takomkane batholith.

Chalcopyrite and pyrite occur in closely spaced fractures within hornblende granodiorite which outcrops in Woodjam Creek. The age of mineralization is not known but it is likely similar in age to porphyry-type mineralization that occurs elsewhere in the granodioritic stocks (i.e. Lower Jurassic).

In 2011 and 2012, Teslin River Resources Corp. drilled 9 diamond drill holes totalling 2417.848 metres on their Rand property option, immediately north of the Wood showing, as well as 27.26 line kilometres of induced polarization and a 60.56 line kilometre ground magnetic survey. Their exploration efforts did not produce encouraging results despite the presence of overlapping geophysical anomalies and the intersection of mineralized Takomkane quartz monzonite at depth (Assessment Reports 32735, 33816).

There has been quite extensive exploration to the west, southeast and south of the Wood showing since 1996. Refer to the Woodjam (Minfile 093A 078), Cariboo Rand (Minfile 093 188) and Megaton prospects for further information on the geology and exploration history of the area.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *12268, 12479, 17480, 32735, 33816
EMPR AR 1966-132; 1967-124
EMPR BULL 97
EMPR EXPL 1983-370; 1984-267
EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 159-165
EMPR P 2007-1, pp. 143-147; 2009-1, pp. 169-187
EMPR PFD 885342
EMPR OF 2013-05
GSC MAP 1424A
CJES Vol. 25, pp. 1608-1617

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