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File Created: 27-Nov-1989 by Dorthe E. Jakobsen (DEJ)
Last Edit:  31-Mar-2022 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI 103P14 Au2
Name NELSON CREEK Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 104A003
Status Showing NTS Map 104A04E
Latitude 056º 03' 01'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 129º 30' 04'' Northing 6211789
Easting 468788
Commodities Gold Deposit Types C01 : Surficial placers
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Nelson Creek placer showing is located on Nelson Creek near the foot of the Nelson Glacier, approximately 7 kilometres southwest of the northwest end of Meziadin Lake.

Several placer mining leases were recorded on Nelson Creek in the late 1920s (Property File - Placer Mining Lease, 1928).

Bedrock in the area consists of volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Lower to Middle Jurassic Hazelton Group, close to the contact with the overlying Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Bowser Lake Group (Bulletin 63). The Jurassic rocks are blanketed, along stream valleys, by unconsolidated Quaternary sediments.

Moderately fine, flaky, but still rough gold has been panned from the creek near the foot of the glacier and at other locations along the creek (Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 32).

In 2005, a helicopter-borne AeroTEM II electromagnetic and magnetic survey was carried out on behalf of Teuton Resources Corp. over the Del Norte-Midas property and a total of 1299.5 line-kilometres was flown.

During 2017 through 2019, Teuton Resources completed programs of geochemical (rock and soil) sampling, an airborne geophysical (ZTEM and magnetic) survey and four diamond drillholes on the Del Norte property.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 20379, 28844, 37776, 39285
EMPR BULL 63
EMPR MAP 8
EMPR PF (Placer Mining Lease on Nelson Creek, 1928)
GSC MAP 307A; 315A; 9-1957; 1418A
GSC MEM *32, p. 76
GSC OF 2582
Mastalerz, K., Walus, A. (2020-03-31): National Instrument 43-101 F-1 Technical Report on Del Norte Property
EMPR PFD 18893

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