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MINFILE No 082FSW232

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	14-Feb-1991	by	Brian Grant (BG)

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		NMI
Name	HILLTOP, SITKA, WALL, SILVER WALL	Mining Division	Nelson
		BCGS Map	082F015
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082F03E
Latitude	049º 10' 50''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	117º 00' 14''	Northing	5447528
		Easting	499717
Commodities	Lead, Zinc, Copper	Deposit Types	I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Ancestral North America, Plutonic Rocks

Capsule Geology

The Hilltop showing consists of an extension of the quartz vein system at the Spokane (082FSE032) and Harris (082FSE078) occurrences), to the northeast, and several small associated veins at variable orientations. The showing is hosted by Hadrynian Monk Formation sediments of the Windermere Supergroup (correlative with pelitic rocks of the lower Horsethief Creek Group). These sediments have been intruded by granodiorite of the Middle to Late Jurassic Nelson Intrusions.

The general trends of the veins are east-west with steep north dips. The veins, which average 1 to 2 centimetres in width, host small lenses, stringers, and disseminations of pyrite, pyrrhotite, galena, sphalerite and some minor chalcopyrite. Gold and silver contents are apparently low.


Bibliography	EMPR AR 1937-E18 EMPR BULL 109 EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 19-30; 1988, pp. 33-43 EMPR OF 1988-1; 1989-11; 1991-16 EMPR PF (Sargent, E. (1937): Special Report - Hilltop Claims) GSC MAP 1090A; 1145A GSC MEM 308 GSC OF 1195 EMPR PFD 3300