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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  04-Feb-2021 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI
Name RD, RD 1 Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104H071
Status Showing NTS Map 104H13W
Latitude 057º 45' 47'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 129º 57' 06'' Northing 6402729
Easting 443378
Commodities Copper Deposit Types L03 : Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au
I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine, Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The RD occurrence is located approximately 8.5 kilometres south-southeast of the village of Iskut and 2.0 kilometres east of Eddontenajon Lake. The property lies in a broad valley within the strongly dissected terrain of the Tanzilla Plateau.

The RD property is extensively covered by surficial deposits. The area is mapped as Lower Jurassic Hazelton Group consisting, in this area, of mainly andesitic volcanic breccias and conglomerates (Open File 1997-3). Near the showing, a fine-grained diorite of unknown age intrudes the volcanics. Potassium-feldspar and epidote enriched veining is common. Mineralization comprises chalcocite and malachite found along fractures.

The region was first explored in 1929 when copper mineralization was discovered on the nearby Hi property (104H 014) located 7.5 kilometres east-northeast. The RD property was briefly explored in 1977 by geological, geochemical, and geophysical means (Exploration in British Columbia 1977, page 228).

In 2005, a helicopter-borne geophysical survey was carried out on behalf of Firesteel Resources Inc. on the Rok property (104H 035) located 5.8 kilometres north. The survey comprised a new tri-directional magnetic gradiometer system, and a gamma ray spectrometer system. The airborne survey was flown at 200 metre line spacings with a total survey coverage of 611.4 line-kilometres.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 28283
EMPR EXPL *1977-E228
EMPR FIELDWORK 1976, pp. 71-73; 1994, pp. 343-358; 1995, pp. 155-174; 1996, pp. 283-290, 291-297
EMPR OF 1992-1; 1992-3; 1996-4; 1997-3
GSC MAP 1957-9
GSC OF 1005; 1080; 2241
Peatfield, G.R. (2006-09-20): Technical Report on the ROK Copper-Gold Mineral Property

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