QUARRY
PROJECT
QUARRY
PROJECT
Project overview
The Quarry Antimony Project sits approximately 46 kilometres northwest of the community of the Germansen Landing Omineca Mining Division, in British Columbia, Canada.
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In 1991, one sample taken assayed 0.89% g/t Au, 3.8% Cu, 0.34% Zn, 42.5% Pb, and 0.65% g/t Ag and 20% Sb.1
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Additionally, grab samples retrieved in 1954 yielded assays which averaged 83.5% Pb and 1576 g/t Ag. 1
Source 1: Geological Survey of Canada Memoir – MINFILE No094C 104 EMPR OF *1992-11; 1993-2 Open File 1992-11, Map Number 10 BCGS.
GEOGRAPHY
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The region is underlain by the Neoproterozoic Ingenika Group and Paleozoic rocks of the Big Creek, Otter Lakes, Atan, Razorback and Echo Lake groups.
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At the showing, recrystallized and dolomitized limestones of the Neoproterozoic Ingenika Group (Espee Formation) host mineralized quartz veins.
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Minerals identified include sphalerite, galena, cerussite, chalcopyrite, boulangerite, malachite, azurite and possibly stibnite.