Location |
NAD 83 |
53° 36' 54.00'' N, 125° 27' 12.00'' W
53.615, -125.453333
UTM: Easting 337720, Northing 5943485, Zone 10 (North)
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NAD 27 |
53° 36' 54.32'' N, 125° 27' 07.16'' W
53.615088, -125.451989
UTM: Easting 337803, Northing 5943275, Zone 10 (North)
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NTS |
093F11W, 093F12E |
BCGS |
093F063 |
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Geological Summary |
THE CLAIMS ARE PREDOMINANTLY UNDERLAIN BY FELSIC TO INTERMEDIATE VOLCANIC AND VOLCANICLASTIC ROCKS OF THE OOTSA LAKE GROUP (LATE CRETACEOUS TO EARLY TERTIARY). SUBJACENT ROCKS ARE (UPPER TRIASSIC) TAKLA GROUP FLOWS, TUFF AND BRECCIA WITH INTER- BEDDED ARGILLITE AND MINOR LIMESTONE. OVERLYING THE OOTSA LAKE GROUP ARE (MIOCENE) ENDAKO GROUP ANDESITE AND BASALT FLOW ROCKS. NEITHER ROCKS NOR SOIL SAMPLES INDICATE A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF GOLD OR ASSOCIATED METALS. INTERMITTANT ZONES OF HYDRO- THERMAL ALTERATION (ARGILLIC; QUARTZ-CHALCEDONY VEINS) ARE SLIGHTLY ENRICHED IN GOLD, ARSENIC AND MERCURY. AN EXCEPTION OCCURS ON THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF MAR 11, WHERE MERCURY REACHES UP TO 4600 PPB.
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