MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082LSW018

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	31-Mar-1993	by	Discovery Consultants (DISC)

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		NMI	082L6 Cu1
Name	PORTEOUS CAMP, I.O.U., GOODENOUGH, HUGAL	Mining Division	Vernon
		BCGS Map	082L033
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082L06W
Latitude	050º 18' 10''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	119º 28' 21''	Northing	5575220
		Easting	323929
Commodities	Gold, Lead, Copper	Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Harper Ranch

Capsule Geology

The Porteus Camp showing is located 15 kilometres west-northwest of Vernon north of Naswhito Creek.

Devonian to Triassic sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Harper Ranch Group are unconformably overlain by Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Nicola Group sedimentary and volcanic rocks. These units are intruded by Middle Jurassic granitic rocks. Eocene Penticton Group volcanic rocks overlie the igneous and sedimentary rocks.

Quartz veins within Harper Ranch argillite host gold, lead and copper mineralization. The veins are up to 2 metres thick, strike east/west and dip to the north. The veins carry disseminations of galena, native gold and minor chalcopyrite.

The first reference to this occurrence is from the 1900 Minister of Mines Annual Report.


Bibliography	EMPR AR *1900-866,887 EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 55-58; 1988, pp. 355-363 EMPR MAP 7216G, 8513G EMPR OF 1989-5, 1990-30 EMPR PF (In 082LSW General - Claim Map, 1966) EMPR RGS 1976 GSC MAP 1059A, 1712A GSC MEM 296, p. 145 GSC OF 637 (Map C), 736, 2167 GSC P 89-1E pp. 51-60