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MINFILE No  082LNW045
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  19-Jun-1995 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI
Name GRAVEL Mining Division Kamloops
BCGS Map 082L093
Status Showing NTS Map 082L13E
Latitude 050º 54' 30'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 119º 31' 55'' Northing 5642685
Easting 321996
Commodities Lead, Zinc Deposit Types E14 : Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb-Ag
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Kootenay
Capsule Geology

The Gravel showing is underlain by pelitic schist, semi-pelitic schist, quartzite, micaceous quartzite and calcareous quartzite of the Hadrynian and/or Paleozoic Silver Creek Formation (Mount Ida assemblage). Exposed and bedded? sulphides (galena, sphalerite and pyrite) trend north-northwest.

The showing is near salmon spawning grounds and in an area of subdivision development (circa 1976).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *5920
EMPR EXPL 1976-E56
EMPR OF 2000-22
EMPR PF (General File - Dawson, G.M. (1898): Geology map of Shuswap Sheet)
GSC MAP 1059A
GSC MEM 296
GSC OF 481; 637 (Occurrence 155)
GSC P 48-4; 74-1A, pp. 25-30; 86-1A, pp. 81-88; 89-1E, pp. 51-60
CJES Vol.21 (Oct.1984), pp. 1171-1193
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