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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  05-Mar-1987 by Larry Jones (LDJ)

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Name SD 18 AND 20, RADAR 4, NO. 1 Mining Division Greenwood
BCGS Map 082E019
Status Showing NTS Map 082E01W
Latitude 049º 07' 06'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 118º 23' 52'' Northing 5441551
Easting 398007
Commodities Uranium Deposit Types O02 : Rare element pegmatite - NYF family
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The area is underlain by the Upper Proterozoic Grand Forks Gneiss, a raised fault block of high grade metamorphic rocks which are part of the Shuswap Metamorphic Complex. The rocks consist of biotite, amphibole, and pyroxene schists and gneisses, interlayered with pegmatites and leucogranite, with minor quartzites and calcar- eous rocks. These rocks are cut by north trending quartz monzonite dykes and stocks and dykes and small stocks of biotite-hornblende diorite and quartz diorite with minor amphibolite and pyroxenite. Regional foliation of the gneisses strikes northwest and dips 20 to 50 degrees southwest. Principal host rocks for the uranium mineralization are quartz- rich pegmatites which are interlayered with the biotite gneisses and schists. Uraninite is associated with biotite clots in the pegmatite and uranophane and autunite occur along fractures and joints in the pegmatite and biotite gneiss. Distribution of the uranium is erratic within the pegmatites, which seldom exceed 2.0 metres in thickness. A grab sample assayed 0.27 per cent uranium (Assessment Report 3172) and a drillhole intersected 0.025 per cent uranium over 4.6 metres (Assessment Report 7621). Uraninite is associated with biotite-rich pegmatites within biotite schists and gneisses.

Bibliography
EM COMM FILE Uranium
EMPR ASS RPT *3172, *5585, 5964, 6449, 6536, *7621
EMPR EXPL 1975-11; 1976-18; 1977-12-13
EMPR GEM 1970-432, 433; 1971-374
EMPR OF 1990-32, p. 21
GSC MAP 6-1957
GSC OF 551; 1969
GSC P 69-22
CIM BULL Aug. 1980, p. 100
EMPR PFD 650024, 1307

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