MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 082GSE120

File Created:	10-Mar-2023	by	Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:	31-Jul-2023	by	Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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		NMI
Name	JUNCTION NORTH, JUNCTION	Mining Division	Fort Steele
		BCGS Map	082G038
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082G07E
Latitude	049º 23' 13''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	114º 34' 34''	Northing	5473300
		Easting	675900
Commodities	Copper	Deposit Types	E04 : Sediment-hosted Cu
Tectonic Belt	Foreland	Terrane	Ancestral North America

Capsule Geology

The Junction North showing is located 38 kilometres west-southwest of Fernie, between Hollebeke and Centre mountains.

Regionally, the area is underlain by sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Purcell Series, predominantly by consisting of Nicol Creek, Sheppard, Gateway, Phillips, and/or Roosville formations. The undivided Upper Purcell sedimentary strata correlates with the Dutch Creek Formation. Diorite sills have intruded several formations of the Purcell Series. A spot location of malachite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite occur in area of dolomite, quartzite, and siltstone.

Refer to Junction 1 (082GSE073) for work history and related geological details.


Bibliography	EMPR ASS RPT 3160, 3161, 23503, 23593, *24171 EMPR GEM 1970-477 EMPR PFD 810672, 884457, 908320 GSC MEM 336 GSC Open File 7476 GSC P 61-24