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File Created: 08-Dec-1986 by Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:  10-Aug-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI 103I9 Cu35
Name OLD HICKORY, INDEPENDENCE Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 103I069
Status Showing NTS Map 103I09W
Latitude 054º 36' 49'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 128º 23' 26'' Northing 6051966
Easting 539359
Commodities Copper, Gold, Silver Deposit Types L01 : Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
D03 : Volcanic redbed Cu
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

Mineralization is associated with a fault striking 065 degrees and dipping 85 degrees northwest within andesitic lavas and inter- bedded tuffs of the Jurassic Hazelton Group. Veinlets of bornite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and malachite occur discontinuously over a 200 metre length and 0.6 metre width. A 70 centimetre sample assayed 0.2 grams per tonne gold, 5.1 grams per tonne silver and 0.62 per cent copper (Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 205).

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1918-110; *1929-148,149
EMPR MAP 69-1; 8
GSC MAP 1136A; 278A; 11-1956; 1385A; 36-17
GSC MEM *205, pp. 43,44; 329, p. 82
GSC P 36-17, pp. 77,78
Dandy, L. (2012-03-01): Geological, Geochemical and Diamond Drilling Report on the Terrace Property

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