MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 092HSE139

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	25-Jan-1992	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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		NMI
Name	ALLENBY TAILINGS, ABO	Mining Division	Similkameen
		BCGS Map	092H048
Status	Prospect	NTS Map	092H07E
Latitude	049º 25' 22''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	120º 31' 34''	Northing	5477398
		Easting	679401
Commodities	Gold, Copper	Deposit Types	T01 : Tailings
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Quesnel

Capsule Geology

The Allenby Tailings prospect is on district Lot 2941s, 500 metres southeast of the Similkameen River and 4 kilometres south-southwest of Princeton.

This deposit consists of an old tailings dump from the nearby Allenby mill, which processed copper ores originating from the Similco mine (092HSE001), up to 1957. The dump covers an area 450 metres long and up to 200 metres wide.

Abacus Industries Ltd. processed about 2000 cubic metres of tailings with a pilot mill in 1977 and 1978, in an attempt to recover gold and copper. The company also conducted research on other possible uses for the tailings.


Bibliography	EMPR EXPL 1977-E126; 1978-E143 GSC MAP 888A, 1386A, 41-1989 GSC MEM 243 GSC P 85-1A, pp. 349-358