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File Created: 13-Aug-1992 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:  25-Nov-1992 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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NMI
Name JOY MINING PLACER, P.L. 1896 Mining Division Similkameen
BCGS Map 092H058
Status Showing NTS Map 092H10E
Latitude 049º 31' 18'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 120º 30' 48'' Northing 5488421
Easting 679965
Commodities Gold, Platinum Deposit Types C01 : Surficial placers
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel, Overlap Assemblage
Capsule Geology

The Joy Mining Placer occurrence is situated on Highway 5, 1.4 kilometres south of Summers Creek and 6.5 kilometres north of Princeton.

The showing consists of a deposit of poorly sorted gravel containing rounded boulders from pebble size to 0.3 metre or more in diameter in a matrix of rusty-coloured sand. The sand contains a high percentage of heavy minerals. Panning of the sand revealed visible gold and platinum (A.G. Pentland, 1971, page 4).

The showing was evaluated by Joy Mining Ltd. in 1971.

Bibliography
EM FIELDWORK 2001, pp. 303-312
EM GEOFILE 2000-2, 2000-5
EMPR OF 1987-19
EMPR PF (*Pentland, A.G. (1971): Placer Leases - Joy Mining Ltd., Princeton, British Columbia)
GSC MAP 888A; 1386A; 41-1989
GSC MEM 243

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