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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  21-Jul-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name YOUNKIN Mining Division Greenwood, Osoyoos
BCGS Map 082E014
Status Showing NTS Map 082E03E
Latitude 049º 07' 51'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 119º 13' 23'' Northing 5444380
Easting 337832
Commodities Molybdenum Deposit Types L05 : Porphyry Mo (Low F- type)
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Younkin showing is located at 1509 metres elevation on the southern slopes of Baldy Mountain, 3.25 kilometres northwest of the Cariboo-Amelia occurrence (082ESW020) of the historic Camp McKinney.

The Younkin showing lies in a complex sequence of volcanic and metasedimentary rocks of the Carboniferous to Permian Anarchist Group. To the north are Cretaceous granitic and granodioritic rocks of the Okanagan batholith. Middle Jurassic granitic rocks of the Nelson intrusions occur to the southwest. Eocene Penticton Group volcanic and sedimentary rocks overlie locally sheared amphibolite and serpentinite bodies of the Anarchist Group to the east. For a more detailed description of the regional geology of the McKinney camp refer to the Cariboo-Amelia occurrence (082ESW020).

Flakes of molybdenite were reported found in a 2.5-centimetre wide quartz vein (Bulletin 9 (1940), page 81). The vein was explored by a small shaft.

During 2008 through 2012, Grizzly Discoveries Inc. completed programs of geochemical (rock, stream sediment and soil) sampling, geological mapping and airborne and ground geophysical surveys on the Dayton-Sidley area of the Greenwood Property.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL 6; *9 (1940), p. 81
EMPR OF 1898-5
GSC MAP 538A; 539A; 37-21; 15-1961; 1738A
GSC OF 481; 637; 1505A; 1565; 1969
Munitions Resources Commission Canada 1920, p. 127
Dufresne, M. (2013-11-10): Technical Report for the Greenwood Gold Project
Dufresne, M. (2013-11-25): Technical Report for the Greenwood Gold Project

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