MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082KSW050

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	15-Sep-1995	by	Ron McMillan (RHM)

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		NMI
Name	POORMAN	Mining Division	Slocan
		BCGS Map	082K002
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082K04W
Latitude	050º 02' 10''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	117º 45' 49''	Northing	5542925
		Easting	445316
Commodities	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold	Deposit Types	I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Quesnel

Capsule Geology

The Poorman workings are reported (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1930, page A262) to be located on the west side of Blue Grouse Creek, approximately 10 kilometres northeast of Burton.

This area is underlain by east trending metasedimentary rocks (mainly argillites) and mafic volcanic rocks of the Triassic Slocan Group. Quartz monzonite of the Cretaceous Halifax Creek stock outcrops south of the area.

The showing is said to be a "crushed zone of graphitic slate" (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1930, page A262) containing "small lenses of zinc and lead sulphides carrying good silver values". A selected sample assayed 15.1 grams per tonne gold, 570 grams per tonne silver, 3 per cent lead and 11 per cent zinc (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1930, page 262).

Physical work on the property consists of an 8-metre adit, a shallow shaft and several trenches (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1930, page 262).


Bibliography	EMPR AR 1929-342; 1930-262 GSC BULL 161 GSC OF 432; 464,#246 GCNL #178, 1989