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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  02-Jun-2023 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI 104I9 W2
Name WOLF (CUB), CUB, KID, WINKLE, EK, TOP, THRUST Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104I069
Status Showing NTS Map 104I09E
Latitude 058º 37' 31'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 128º 13' 21'' Northing 6498589
Easting 545153
Commodities Tungsten Deposit Types K05 : W skarn
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Cassiar
Capsule Geology

The Wolf occurrence is located approximately 107 kilometres east-northeast of Dease Lake and approximately 5 kilometres south of the Turnagain River.

The area of the showings is mapped as Ingenika Group undivided sediments and metasediments consisting of the Upper Proterozoic Swannell and Tsaydiz formations. These rocks include phyllite, schist, phyllitic limestone, siltstone, quartzite and conglomerate. The western contact of the Lower Cretaceous Cassiar Batholith occurs in the vicinity and consists of quartz monzonite.

Widespread but erratic scheelite mineralization occurs in the steep bank of a creek. Schists and quartzite are cut by an extensive system of quartz veins and joint planes, some of which are mineralized with scheelite. Thin bands of calc-silicate are intercalated with the schists and carry minor amounts of scheelite.

In 1979, a chip sample (9W 6) of calc-silicate skarn with sulphide assayed 0.32 per cent tungsten tri-oxide over 0.7 metre (Assessment Report 7680).

Work History

In 1969, the Wolf property was trenched by Rip Van Mining Ltd. In 1970, El Paso Mining and Milling conducted geological and soil geochemical surveys and excavated 33 pits and followed up with 33.5 metres of trenching in 1972.

In 1978 and 1979, Union Carbide Canada Limited held the property as the Cub, Ek and Top claims and conducted electromagnetic, geological and geochemical surveys (rock and soil).

In 2005, an airborne magnetic and electromagnetic survey totalling 2130 line-kilometres was flown over the Thrust property on behalf of United Exploration Management Inc.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *2643, *6455, 6952, *7680, 7786, 28446
EMPR EXPL 1978-E264; 1979-288
EMPR GEM *1969-48; *1970-41; *1972-544
EMPR OF 1991-17; 1996-11
GSC BULL 504
GSC MAP 9-1957; 29-1962; 1418A; 1712A
GSC OF 610; 2262; 2779
GSC P 78-1A, pp. 25-27

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