CHIEF VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULPHIDE DEPOSIT , NORTHWESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA ( 104 W 12 ) By

Cominco's interest in the mine. At the end of 1994 reserves for all ore intervals and classes were 8 500 000 tonnes at 1.41% copper, 1.23% lead, 6.65% zinc, 2.52 g/t gold and 105.66 g/t !;ilver. Fieldwork in the summer of 1994 consisted of detailed logging of drill core and underground mapping of the 5400 level main haulage. The main objective of this work was to further define the mine stratigraphy and the distribution of mineralization and alteration facies. Particular attention was given to the depositional style and character of the: sulphides, the felsic volcanic host rocks and the mafc footwall of the deposit.