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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  21-Nov-2012 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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Name VIEW FRACTION, VIEW FR. (L. 1805) Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 104A001
Status Prospect NTS Map 104A04W
Latitude 056º 02' 32'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 129º 57' 40'' Northing 6211195
Easting 440124
Commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The exact location of the View Fraction occurrence is not known. It is assumed to be on the View Fr. claim (Lot 1805) which is located about 2 kilometres west-northwest of the confluence of Bitter Creek with the Bear River, 12 kilometres north of Stewart.

The area is underlain by north striking, steeply west dipping Lower Jurassic Betty Creek Formation (Hazelton Group) rocks comprising maroon to purple clastic sediments intercalated with andesite to dacite tuffs and breccias. North-northwest to northwest trending granodiorite, andesite and felsite dikes are conspicuous in the area.

Details regarding the mineralization are unknown. It is inferred to be similar to the M.C. 1 showing (104A 045) located 685 metres west where mineralization comprises a quartz-carbonate vein containing galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite and minor pyrite; native gold and chalcocite have also been reported.

The history of the showing is unknown. In 1974-75, Benkovich shipped 157 tonnes of ore from the property. The 1974 shipment (21 tonnes) may have been mined from the M.C. occurrence (104A 045). The 1975 shipment (136 tonnes) was mined from various locations in the immediate area.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 20379
EMPR BULL 58; 63
EMPR GEM 1974-26
EMPR MAP 8
EMPR OF 1987-22; 1994-14
EMPR MINING *1975-1980, p. 56
GSC MAP 216A; 217A; 307A; 315A; 9-1957; 1418A
GSC OF 2582; 2779

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