MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082FSW372

File Created:	08-May-1991	by	Dorthe E. Jakobsen (DEJ)
Last Edit:	08-May-1991	by	Dorthe E. Jakobsen (DEJ)

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Name	INDEPENDENCE (L.5148), HONKY TONK NORTH, PILOT KNOB (L.5145), MARS (L.5149), HALL CREEK, HONKY TONK (L.3157)	Mining Division	Nelson
		BCGS Map	082F034
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082F06W
Latitude	049º 23' 31''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	117º 17' 26''	Northing	5471068
		Easting	478915
Commodities	Gold, Copper, Silver	Deposit Types	L01 : Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Quesnel

Capsule Geology

The Independence showing is located 10 kilometres south- southwest of Nelson. A short tunnel and several trenches exist on the property.

The area is underlain by augite porphyry, andesite, basalt and flow breccia of the Lower Jurassic Elise Formation (Units Je5 and Je1), Rossland Group (Open File 1989-11).

Quartz veins, stockworks and silicified zones occur on the property. The veins are 0.01 to 1.5 metres wide and 2 to 50 metres in length.

Two quartz veins are exposed in the workings hosted in a shear zone in augite porphyry. The veins are mineralized with minor pyrite and chalcopyrite. The vein exposed by trenches is approximately 1 metre wide. The vein exposed in the tunnel also has bornite mineralization, up to 2 per cent by volume in grab samples. Smaller veins and a hematite occurrence, occur to the south.

Chip samples from the underground workings assayed up to 7.54 grams per tonne gold, 123.41 grams per tonne silver and 17.2 per cent copper (Assessment Report 12992).

Bibliography

EMPR ASS RPT 11883, 12984, *12992, 16173, 17662, *18939

EMPR BULL 41; 109

EMPR EXPL 1984-52

EMPR FIELDWORK 1980, pp. 149-158; 1981, pp. 28-32, pp. 176-186; 1987, pp. 19-30; 1988, pp. 33-43; 1989, pp. 247-249; 1990, pp. 291-300

EMPR MAP 7685G; RGS 1977; 8480G

EMPR OF 1988-1; *1989-11; 1991-11

GSC MAP 1571A; 52-13A

GSC MEM 94; 191; 308

GSC OF 1195

GSC P 49-22; 52-13

Andrew, K.P.E. and Hoy, T. (1990): Structural Models for Precious Metal Deposits in Jurassic Arc Volcanic rocks of the Rossland Group, southeastern B.C.; abstract with program, G.A.C. - M.A.C. Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., p. A3

Hoy, T. and Andrew, K.P.E. (1988): Geology, geochemistry and mineral deposits of the Lower Jurassic Rossland Group, southeastern British Columbia; abstract in Twelfth District 6 Meeting, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Fernie, B.C., pp. 11-12