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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  25-May-2006 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI
Name STRAWBERRY (L.1765) Mining Division Greenwood
BCGS Map 082E018
Status Showing NTS Map 082E01W
Latitude 049º 10' 00'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 118º 28' 04'' Northing 5447021
Easting 393003
Commodities Copper, Gold Deposit Types I06 : Cu+/-Ag quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Slide Mountain
Capsule Geology

The Strawberry claim is underlain primarily by sharpstone conglomerate interbedded with greenstone of the Devonian to Permian Knob Hill Group. Intruding this package are rocks of both the Nelson (Cretaceous) and Coryell (Eocene) plutonic suites.

Two shafts on the Strawberry Crown Grant explore calcsilicate skarn with a mineral assemblage including garnet, actinolite, epidote, diopside, pyrrhotite, pyrite, magnetite, and chalcopyrite. These zones occur within the metavolcanic/sedimentary country rock assemblage. Diorite outcrops within 10 metes of the southern shaft; porphyritic latite outcrops within 20 m of the northern shaft. The highest gold value obtained is 8.22 grams per tonne gold with 0.9 per cent copper (Assessment Report 22516). This was obtained from a sample of massive pyrrhotite collected from the southern shaft dump on the claim.

Quebec and Boundary Gold Mining Co., owned the Strawberry in 1899. A 15 metre deep shaft was reported at the time. In 1900, 60 metres of sinking and drifting were reported and the claim was Crown-granted to A.B. Clabon. In 1901, it was reported that the Strawberry had shipped ore but in what year was not clearly indicated. A program consisting of reconnaissance geologic mapping and rock sampling (22) was conducted between June 1991 and June 1992 on the Rim 1-18, Straw, Strawberry (L.1765) by Orvana Mineral Corp. Rock samples were collected from most of the known workings and from a few outcrops.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1899-756; 1900-870,873,992; 1901-1064; 1905-185; 1906-163; 1926-204,448
EMPR ASS RPT 13685, 16123, *22516
GSC MAP 828; 6-1957
GSC OF 481; 1969
EMPR PFD 1190, 823549

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