MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 082FNW253

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	23-Feb-1988	by	Derek A. Brown (DAB)

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		NMI
Name	AL, AL 3-8(WHEELER LAKE), WHEELER LAKE	Mining Division	Slocan
		BCGS Map	082F075
Status	Prospect	NTS Map	082F14E
Latitude	049º 45' 38''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	117º 01' 30''	Northing	5512009
		Easting	498199
Commodities	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold	Deposit Types	I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Quesnel

Capsule Geology

The Al showing is located within Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, approximately 1 kilometre south of Wheeler Lake. Chopper Mines Ltd. prospected, trenched and sampled the Al claims in 1983. Auckland Explorations Ltd. optioned the claims in 1984.

The quartz veins, less than 5 centimetres thick, are hosted in potassium feldspar porphyritic granite. Two mineralized zones about 100 metres apart have been identified. The veins appear to trend northward but exposures are limited. Wallrock alteration is limited to 15 centimetres or less from the quartz veins. The veins contain galena, sphalerite and pyrite.

A sample taken in 1987 assayed 26.0 grams gold, 170 grams silver, 15.9 per cent lead and 3.3 per cent zinc (Open File 1988-11).

Bibliography

EMPR ASS RPT 11684

EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 31-48,535-541

EMPR INF CIRC 1985-1, p. 26

EMPR OF 1988-11

EMPR P 1989-5, p. 26

EMPR PF (Neelands, J.T. (1983): Geological Report on the Kokanee Property (Al 3-8 claims) for Chopper Mines Ltd.; *Taylor, D.P. (1984): Geological Report on the Wheeler Lake Property (Al 3-8 Claims) for Auckland Explorations Ltd.)

EMPR PFD 2532, 2533, 2534, 2535, 672989, 672990