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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  15-Feb-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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Name SILVERINE (L.732), CROWN OF ELEANOR Mining Division Nelson, Trail Creek
BCGS Map 082F002
Status Past Producer NTS Map 082F04W
Latitude 049º 05' 35'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 117º 47' 46'' Northing 5438106
Easting 441879
Commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Bismuth Deposit Types L01 : Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Quesnel, Kootenay
Capsule Geology

The Silverine (L.732) occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 1220 metres on the northeastern side of Monte Cristo Mountain and north of the community of Rossland.

Regionally, the area is underlain by Lower Jurassic Elise Formation (Rossland Group) siltstone, argillite and hornfelsed siltstone, which is intruded by quartz monzonite of the Early Jurassic Rossland Plutonic Suite. The grey to black siltstone and argillite grades into hornfels and forms distinct layers within the volcanic breccias, and several horizons grade laterally into sandstone and breccia. Small Early Jurassic ammonites are reported to occur in the siltstone on Ivanhoe Ridge. The Rossland Group rocks are crosscut by north-trending lamprophyre and diorite dikes hosting disseminated pyrite.

The Silverine veins are part of the ‘North belt’ zone of discontinuous veins. On a regional scale, the veins appear to be continuous, but in detail they are lenticular and offset by north-trending faults. On the claim the veins are hosted by Lower Jurassic Elise Formation (Rossland Group) siltstone, argillite and hornfelsic siltstone. The hornfelsed siltstone is due to thermal metamorphism related to quartz monzonite of the Early Jurassic Rossland Plutonic Suite to the south and the Middle Jurassic Trail Pluton to the north. Mineralization consists of vein infillings.

In 1983, a chip sample (47179) over a 1.8-metre wide zone of silicified sediments hosting massive chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite, located approximately 200 metres to the southeast and near the northeast end of the Evening Star (L.801) Crown grant, yielded 10.7 grams per tonne gold, 21.9 grams per tonne silver and 1.80 per cent copper (Assessment Report 11846).

Between 1934 and 1944, 82 tonnes of ore was mined from the showings, producing 1493 grams gold and 2178 grams silver.

The area has been explored since the late 1800s, with the Crown-granted mineral claims being staked in 1890.

In 1967, Thorpe described mineralization north of Monte Cristo (MINFILE 082FSW101) as hosting native gold and bismuth associated with arsenopyrite and magnetite in the ‘Intermediate’ zone. In 1979, Cominco Ltd. completed a program of rock and soil sampling on the area.

During 1982 through 1986, Gallant Gold Mines Ltd. completed programs of rock and silt sampling, geological mapping, ground geophysical surveys and seven diamond drill holes, totalling 694.0 metres, on the area as the Georgia property. This work identified a dump containing approximately 1360 tonnes of an unknown grade.

In 2009, the area was prospected and sampled as the Crown of Eleanor claims. In 2016, a program of prospecting, rock sampling and minor trenching was performed.

In 2018, Currie Rose Resources Inc. completed a 164.8 line-kilometre airborne magnetic survey on the area.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1896-28,561; 1934-A28,E37; 1935-A28,E31; 1936-48;
1937-A39,E48; 1944-41
EMPR ASS RPT 7868, *11846, 14236, 15432, 15743, 15865, *31127, 36321, 37909
EMPR BC METAL MM00700
EMPR BULL *74; 109
EMPR EXPL 1985-C36
EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 19-30; 1988, pp. 33-43; 1989, pp. 11-27;
1990, pp. 9-31
EMPR OF 1988-1; 1989-11; 1990-8; 1990-9; 1991-2; 1991-16
GSC MAP 260; 1518; 1090A; 1504A
GSC MEM 77, Fig. 13
GSC P 79-26
*Thorpe, R.I. (1967): Controls of Hypogene Sulphide Zoning, Rossland,
B.C., Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin
EMPR PFD 823126, 824121

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