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File Created: 26-Feb-1985 by Gordon S. Archer (GSA)
Last Edit:  11-Jul-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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Name FELD Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 104B040
Status Showing NTS Map 104B08E
Latitude 056º 22' 00'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 130º 09' 19'' Northing 6247489
Easting 428633
Commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc Deposit Types G07 : Subaqueous hot spring Ag-Au
I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The occurrence is located within a 75 to 150 metre wide band of felsic pyroclastic rock of the Mount Dilworth Formation, Hazelton Group. This narrow band conformably overlies the Betty Creek Forma- tion and may paraconformably underlie the Salmon River Formation; the former occurring east and the latter to the west of the minera- lized band (Open File 1988-4; Fieldwork 1987).

Intense alteration (quartz-pyrite-carbonate-sericite) has obscured original lithologies, but they appear to be sheared tuffs. Work to date has included rock chip sampling of talus and hand- trenching over the area of most intense alteration. Two float boulders contained 3.5 to 7.0 grams per tonne gold. Best value from the talus sampling program was 5.2 per cent zinc, 1.1 per cent lead, and 26.8 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 16840).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 11716, 13403, 14607, 15645, *15668, *16840
EMPR BULL 63
EMPR FIELDWORK 1983, pp. 149-164; 1984, pp. 316-341; 1985, pp. 217-
224; 1986, pp. 81-102; 1987, pp. 199-209
EMPR OF 1987-22; 1988-4
GSC MAP 9-1957; 1418A
GSC P 89-1E, pp. 145-154
Cavey, G. (2008-11-14): Technical Report on the Iskut Project

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