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Comet Group (21)
References: Ann. Repts., Minister of Mines, B.C.: 1920, p. 87; 1928, p. 158; 1929, p. 159.

This group of three claims is on the south side of Four Mile Mountain,
53 miles east of Hazelton. The claims are reached by a road, 3 miles long,
that joins the Hazelton highway at Twomile Creek. The property was first
prospected by Tommy Stevenson and Jim Dyer about 1920 and work was

“.GRANODIORITE

TRUE NORTH

Vein outcrop

Vein underground

Fault

SCALE OF FEET
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“Geological Survey, Canada, 2222: a Contour interval 25 Feet

Figure 7. Plan of part of Comet group.

carried on periodically for several years. In 1929 small-scale operations
were conducted by Bulkley Mines, Limited, but no work has been done
since.

Massive, coarsely crystalline, grey granodiorite is exposed in the main
workings (See Figure 7). The granodiorite is traversed by numerous inter-
secting fault planes and shear zones that strike chiefly from northwest to