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File Created: 31-Jul-1996 by Keith J. Mountjoy (KJM)
Last Edit:  31-Jul-1996 by Keith J. Mountjoy (KJM)

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NMI
Name SLAMET (L.2663) Mining Division Greenwood
BCGS Map 082E015
Status Prospect NTS Map 082E03E
Latitude 049º 07' 06'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 119º 11' 53'' Northing 5442937
Easting 339615
Commodities Gold Deposit Types I01 : Au-quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Okanagan
Capsule Geology

The Slamet occurrence is located at 1417 metres elevation on the Slamet (Lot 2663) Reverted Crown grant, 6.75 kilometres southeast of Baldy Mountain. The Cariboo-Amelia occurrence (082ESW020) is located 1 kilometre to the east, both in the historic Camp McKinney.

Development began in the early 1900s on the Slamet occurrence. In 1905, it was first Crown granted to L.W. Shatford, W. Edwards and others. Later in 1918, the property was Crown granted to E. Hallet. No records could be found of the early development work or vein geology. Little other work was done on the property again until the 1980s. In 1984, Mintek Resources Ltd. staked ground which included the Slamet occurrence but no work was recorded. In 1986, G. Allen prospected the occurrence. Limited rock geochemistry sampling was also done.

The Slamet occurrence 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). Intense silicification of greenstone has occurred at the Slamet occurrence (Bulletin 6, page 9). The Slamet occurrence lies along a prominent ridge of thinly bedded granular white quartzite, trending 020 degrees. An old adit and trenches have uncovered several quartz veins that strikes 280 to 300 degrees and dips steeply southwest. The largest of these veins is 1 metre wide and is hosted in sheared and silicified greenstone. Disseminated pyrite was the only mineralization observed (Assessment Report 15005). A grab sample taken from this vein in 1986 yielded 9.05 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 15005).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1903-248; 1918-474
EMPR ASS RPT 9840, 12389, *15005, 15519, 16168
EMPR BULL *6, pp. 1-15
EMPR MR MAP 7 (1934)
EMPR OF 1898-5
GSC MAP 538A; 539A; 37-21; 15-1961; 1738A
GSC OF 481; 637; 1505A; 1565; 1969
Basque, G. (1992): Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the Boundary Camp, pp. 12-22

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