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File Created: 13-Aug-1996 by Keith J. Mountjoy (KJM)
Last Edit:  21-Jul-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name HO, HO 1-8 Mining Division Greenwood, Osoyoos
BCGS Map 082E015
Status Showing NTS Map 082E03E
Latitude 049º 07' 39'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 119º 07' 35'' Northing 5443807
Easting 344873
Commodities Copper Deposit Types I06 : Cu+/-Ag quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Quesnel, Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The Ho occurrence is located at 1039 metres elevation between Stanhope and Jolly creeks and immediately west of Little Fish Lake 900 metres northeast of the Lemon occurrence (082ESW223). Bridesville, British Columbia lies 11 kilometres to the south.

Regionally, the Ho occurrence is hosted by a sequence of metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks of the Permian to Carboniferous Anarchist Group. To the north are granite and granodiorite of the Okanagan batholith. Granite of the Middle Jurassic Nelson intrusions occurs to the southwest. Eocene Penticton Group volcanic and sedimentary rocks overlie locally sheared amphibolite and serpentinite bodies to the east. For a more detailed description of the geology refer to the Victoria occurrence (082ESW021).

Locally, the best outcrops are located along Stanhope Creek immediately west of the Ho occurrence. These outcrops are considered to belong to the Anarchist Group consisting of siliceous metasediments and metadiorite. The metasediments are fine to medium grained, light grey, poorly foliated and contain quartz, potassium feldspar and plagioclase. Chlorite and biotite comprise minor mafic constituents. Quartz and calcite veinlets are common. The metadiorite is similar in appearance but is locally coarser grained and contains more plagioclase and minor hornblende. A gabbro or diabase dike is thought to form, in part, the hostrock of the Ho occurrence.

The Ho occurrence consists of a 1.2 metre quartz vein hosted in metadiorite. The vein, discovered in an abandoned adit, contains disseminated pyrite and minor chalcopyrite. Further to the west an old trench was found exposing a 15-centimetre wide quartz stringer with pyrite (Assessment Report 15405). No samples were taken for assay.

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 ASS RPT 6512, 7636, 9498, 10734, 14154, *15405, 15256, 16653
18186, 19476, 22323
EMPR OF 1989-5
GSC MAP 538A; 539A; 37-21; 15-1961; 1738A
GSC OF 481; 637; 1505A; 1565; 1969
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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