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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  14-Aug-1987 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)

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NMI 093L9 Ag3
Name TUYA, THREE STAR, SHEILA Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093L059
Status Showing NTS Map 093L09E
Latitude 054º 35' 06'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 126º 14' 43'' Northing 6052101
Easting 678007
Commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Antimony Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The occurrence is primarily hosted by epidotized andesite breccia of the Jurassic Hazelton Group. Mineralization is associated with shear zones. The principal showing consists of mineralized quartz bands along the sides of a shear zone having a width of 1.8 to 2.4 metres. The hangingwall band is 25 to 38 centimetres wide and is sparsely mineralized while the footwall side is 23 to 46 centimetres wide and is well mineralized. Mineralization consists of sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, specularite, azurite, malachite, and manganese oxide. Two samples reportedly assayed 7.89 and 4.11 grams per tonne gold and 946.3 and 61.7 grams per tonne silver. At least two other shear zones occur on the property. A shipment of 0.42 tonnes of ore in 1939 assayed 7.9 grams per tonne gold, 946.3 grams per tonne silver, 1.5 per cent copper, 10.0 per cent zinc and 0.7 per cent antimony (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1939, page 59).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1928-175,176; 1929-180; *1937-C32, Special Rpt.; *1939-59; 1940-45
GSC P 40-18, p. 15
GSC MAP 671A; 971A
EMPR ASS RPT *15063, 16193
EMPR EXPL 1986-355; 1987-C304
EMPR MAP 69-1
GSC OF 351
GSC BULL 270
EMPR PF (Lay, D., (1937): Special Report for Minister of Mines)

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