MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082LSE025

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	13-Dec-1994	by	Dorthe E. Jakobsen (DEJ)

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		NMI
Name	EXCELSIOR	Mining Division	Vernon
		BCGS Map	082L028
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082L02E
Latitude	050º 12' 30''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	118º 31' 52''	Northing	5562916
		Easting	390747
Commodities	Lead, Silver	Deposit Types	I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Quesnel

Capsule Geology

The Excelsior showing is located on the right bank of Monashee Creek, previously known as the south fork of Cherry Creek, about 32 kilometres southeast of Lumby.

A tunnel was sunk 2.4 to 3 metres in 1901. No other reference has been found for this showing.

The area is underlain by sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Nicola Group. These comprise basic lavas, pyroclastics, argillites and some limestones.

A quartz vein about 20 centimetres wide contains argentiferous galena. The vein was found on surface and the tunnel attempted to follow it. Samples reportedly assayed 4113.6 grams per tonne silver (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1901, page 1127).

No other information is available.


Bibliography	EMPR AR *1901-1127 EMPR FIELDWORK 1982, pp. 33-36; 1987, pp. 55-58, 401-404, 511-514; 1988, pp. 49-54; 1990, pp. 301-306; 1991, pp. 319-323; 1992, pp. 255-257 EMPR OF 1991-18; 1994-8 EMPR RGS 082L, 1976; 32, 1991 GSC MAP 1059A; 7216G; 8501G GSC MEM 296 GSC OF 637 (#317,#318) GSC P 91-2, pp. 115-135