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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  24-May-2021 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI 094C5 Zn1
Name POLARIS ZINC Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 094C042
Status Showing NTS Map 094C05E
Latitude 056º 27' 18'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 125º 44' 38'' Northing 6260097
Easting 330911
Commodities Copper, Zinc Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Polaris Zinc occurrence is shown on Map 1030A (Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 274) as a zinc occurrence located near the mouth of Polaris Creek which drains into Lay Creek, approximately 100 kilometres northwest of the community of Germansen Landing.

The showing area is underlain by volcanic and sedimentary strata assigned to the Upper Triassic Takla Group (Plughat Mountain Formation). Little information is available on the zinc occurrence, but Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 274 (page 222) does mention the presence of lens-like bodies of massive sulphide in the area. These bodies consist of pyrrhotite with minor pyrite and chalcopyrite, are up to 9 metres thick and 30 metres long, and are associated with the Lay Creek fault.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 6037, 6607, 9201, 11251, 12110, 17457, 25990
EMPR FIELDWORK 1991, pp. 127-145; 1992, pp. 109-134; 2018, pp. 31-53; 2019, pp. 25-47
EMPR OF 1992-11; 1993-2
EMPR P 1992-01, pp. 127-145; 1993-01, pp. 109-134; 2019-01, pp. 31-53; 2020-01, pp. 25-47
GSC MAP *1030A
GSC MEM *274, p. 218
GBC 2021-01, pp. 105-120

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