British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas and Responsible for Housing
News | The Premier Online | Ministries & Organizations | Job Opportunities | Main Index

MINFILE Home page  ARIS Home page  MINFILE Search page  Property File Search
Help Help
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  26-Mar-1990 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

Summary Help Help

NMI
Name CENTENNIAL, NO. 5 Mining Division Alberni
BCGS Map 092F035
Status Showing NTS Map 092F06E
Latitude 049º 20' 42'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 125º 03' 22'' Northing 5467842
Easting 350657
Commodities Copper Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The Centennial showing is on the northwest slopes of Little Thunder Mountain. The host is massive porphyritic andesite or basalt of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation, Vancouver Group.

On the northeast side of small gully a shear zone striking 070 degrees and dipping 53 degrees south forms the hangingwall of a small zone of shearing, alteration, and mineralization. The footwall is covered and the exposed thickness is 3 metres. The zone is 6 metres long, terminating abruptly at both ends. Within the zone the rock is silicified and abundantly mineralized with chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite, both partly weathered to limonite. One report also includes the presense of magnetite and pyrite but not pyrrhotite. A grab sample assayed 8.28 per cent copper with a trace of gold and silver (Geology, Exploration and Mining in B.C. 1974).

The No.5 showing is exposed in a road cut along the east side of the north ridge of Little Thunder Mountain. Karmutsen rock is cut by a 13 centimetre wide calcite vein containing minor chalcopyrite and bornite. A 46 centimetre wide felsic dyke occurs about a metre northeast of the vein and contains sparsely disseminated chalcopyrite. For about 1.5 metres on either side of the calcite vein the rock is intensely epidotized and contains a few specks of sulphide.

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1967-76; 1968-104
EMPR GEM *1974-177,178
GSC MAP 17-1968
GSC OF 463
GSC P 68-50; 72-44
EMPR PFD 7535

COPYRIGHT | DISCLAIMER | PRIVACY | ACCESSIBILITY