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MINFILE No  092HNE200
File Created: 28-Feb-1992 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:  25-Nov-1992 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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Name FIVE MILE CREEK PLACER, HAYES CREEK Mining Division Similkameen
BCGS Map 092H059
Status Past Producer NTS Map 092H09W
Latitude 049º 34' 53'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 120º 23' 54'' Northing 5495341
Easting 688058
Commodities Gold Deposit Types C01 : Surficial placers
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

Hayes (Five-mile) Creek is a south-flowing tributary of the Similkameen River, some 33 kilometre long, situated northeast of Princeton.

Fine gold was found near surface in gravels over a 16 kilometre stretch along Hayes Creek in 1887. The deposits were mined with limited success in the following year.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1887-278; 1888-318; 1931-131
GSC MAP 888A; 1386A; 41-1989
GSC MEM 243
GSC P 85-1A, pp. 349-358
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