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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  04-Apr-2022 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI 093M4 Ag1
Name HECLA (BLUEBIRD) Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093M013
Status Showing NTS Map 093M04E
Latitude 055º 11' 55'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 34' 48'' Northing 6117813
Easting 590383
Commodities Copper, Silver Deposit Types L04 : Porphyry Cu +/- Mo +/- Au
L01 : Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Hecla (Bluebird) showing is located on the north slope of the Rocher Deboule Mountain Range, at the headwaters of Mission Creek, 5.5 kilometres south of New Hazelton.

A 2.7-metre-wide aplite dike and a 1.8-metre-wide pegmatite dike cutting porphyritic granodiorite of the Rocher Deboule stock are silicified and cut by narrow quartz veinlets carrying pyrite and chalcopyrite. A grab sample from a drift which was driven to explore the mineralized pegmatite dike assayed 0.39 per cent copper, trace gold and 18.2 grams per tonne silver (Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 223). A grab sample taken to sample the 1.2 metre wide mineralized zone in the aplite dike assayed 0.22 per cent copper, 34.3 grams per tonne silver and trace gold (Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 223).

The Rocher Deboule stock is one of the Late Cretaceous Bulkley Intrusions and potassium/argon dating of biotite has yielded a date of 72 million years (Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2322).

Work History

In 2017, Primary Cobalt Corp. completed a program of prospecting and rock and stream sediment sampling on the area as the RD Cobalt property. In 2018, Primary Energy Metals Inc. completed a program of geological mapping and geochemical (rock, soil and stream sediment) sampling on the area as the Golden Wonder property. In 2019, Blue Lagoon Resources Inc. completed a program of geochemical (soil and rock) sampling and a ground magnetic survey on the area as the Golden Wonder property.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1918-115
EMPR ASS RPT 37275, 38355
EMPR BULL 43
GSC MEM *223-46
GSC MAP 971A, 44-24
GSC OF 2322
Reeder, J.J. (2017-11-18): Technical Report on the RD Cobalt Property
Reeder, J.J. (2019-05-21): Technical Report on the Golden Wonder Property
Reeder, J.J. (2019-06-11): Technical Report on the Golden Wonder Property
Reeder, J.J. (2021-03-08): Technical Report on the Golden Wonder Property, South of New Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada
EMPR PFD 883811

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