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File Created: 14-Sep-1995 by Ron McMillan (RHM)
Last Edit:  15-Sep-1995 by Ron McMillan (RHM)

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Name MOUNTAIN MEADOW ARSENOPYRITE Mining Division Slocan
BCGS Map 082K002
Status Showing NTS Map 082K04W
Latitude 050º 04' 29'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 117º 46' 11'' Northing 5547222
Easting 444922
Commodities Gold, Silver Deposit Types I01 : Au-quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Mountain Meadow Arsenopyrite showing is located on Meadow Mountain, approximately 15 kilometres northeast of Burton. Good access is available on gravel roads to the western edge of the property.

The showing (Assessment Report 7829) consists of a 50 to 75 centimetre wide sericite-arsenopyrite vein. The vein is vertical and strikes 060 degrees. The vein consists of euhedral to subhedral arsenopyrite crystals in a matrix of sericite blades. A series of channel samples taken at 90 centimetre intervals (Assessment Report 7829) yielded an average assay of 7 parts per million copper, 26 grams per tonne silver and 30 grams per tonne gold. A second narrower sericite-arsenopyrite vein and a parallel quartz vein have been exposed in a trench 1.5 metres north of the main vein. Hostrocks are quartz diorites of the Jurassic Ruby Range stock, which intrudes east trending, steeply dipping clastic sedimentary and mafic volcanic rocks of the Triassic Slocan Group. Potassium-argon dating of biotite from the Ruby Range stock yielded an age of 123 million years (Geological Survey of Canada Open File 464).

During 1979 (Assessment Report 7829) the property was geologically mapped, prospected and 960 soil and silt geochemical samples collected and analysed for molybdenum, copper, zinc and lead. In 1982, a six hole diamond-drill hole program totalling 485.6 metres tested the showing. The highest assay was 11.8 grams per tonne gold across 0.3 metre (Assessment Report 11865).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *7829, *11865
GSC BULL 161
GSC OF 432

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