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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  12-Oct-2018 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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Name SILVER QUEEN (L.1316S), SILVER KING (L.1317S), COPPER KING (L.1319S), B.C. (L.1318S), U.S. (L.1320S), BLACK BEAR (L.2597S), TRIPOLI (L.1613S) Mining Division Greenwood
BCGS Map 082E048
Status Showing NTS Map 082E08W
Latitude 049º 29' 52'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 118º 24' 17'' Northing 5483742
Easting 398284
Commodities Copper, Lead, Silver Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Harper Ranch, Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The Silver Queen (L. 1316s) occurrence is located on a hill separating Burrell and Blue Joint creeks, approximately 4.5 kilometres south of Mount McKinley.

The area is underlain by volcaniclastic and sedimentary rocks of the Carboniferous to Permian Harper Ranch Group, which have been intruded by granite and granodiorite of an un-named Middle Jurassic Intrusion. These are overlain by undivided volcanic rocks of the Eocene Penticton Group. A syenitic to monzonitic intrusive of the Eocene Coryell Plutonic Suite outcrops to the west.

Locally, a 1.5 metre quartz vein is exposed containing pyrite, chalcopyrite and galena. A shaft reported to be 22.8 metres deep was sunk on the vein but is full of water (ca. 1914). A dump sample from the shaft assayed 0.5 per cent lead, 1.0 per cent copper and 47.9 grams per tonne silver (Property File - Andrew G. Larson [1914-01-01]: Report on the Franklin Mining Camp and North Fork of Kettle River)

A shaft and a number of trenches are reported on and around the Juditti and Tripoli (L. 1613s) Crown grant to the south- south east.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1913-K424; *1914-K348-K350
EMPR PF (*Andrew G. Larson (1914-01-01): Report on the Franklin Mining Camp and North Fork of Kettle River; Johnson, L. (1914-08-16): Blueprint Map of Franklin Camp Area; Johnson, L. (1914-08-16): Blueprint Map of Silver King Group in Franklin Camp; Johnson, L. (1914-08-16): Sketch Map of a Portion of Franklin Camp; Johnson, L. (1914-08-16): Sketch of Silver King Group in Franklin Camp; Johnson, L. (1914-08-16): Sketch of Silver King Group in Franklin Camp(2))
EMPR PFD 716, 718, 731, 732, 738

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