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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  08-Nov-1994 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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Name FAITH, DOLLY VARDEN, SILVER CHIEF Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092H003
Status Prospect NTS Map 092H03W
Latitude 049º 00' 32'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 24' 15'' Northing 5429671
Easting 616700
Commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

At the Faith occurrence, two mineralized seams in a shear zone, about 4.5 metres apart, occur in quartz monzonite of the Oligocene Chilliwack batholith. The seams are up to 15 centimetres wide, filled with ground-up granitic rock and in places up to 5 centimetres of quartz carrying sphalerite, galena and tetrahedrite.

A sample of quartz vein taken in 1923 yielded 1.37 grams per tonne gold, 1508.58 grams per tonne silver and 1.8 per cent copper (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1923, page 262).

By 1930, a tunnel had been driven for about 6 metres on the west seam, then a crosscut was made to the east seam which was then drifted on for 10.7 metres. In 1926, it is reported that 1 tonne of ore was mined and 3577 grams of silver and 22 kilograms of copper recovered.

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1923-262; 1924-257; 1925-293; 1926-324,325; *1930-315
EMPR BC METAL MM00219
EMPR PF (Reports on proposed Sapper Park, J.T. Fyles, 1971)
GSC MAP 737A; 1069A; 12-1969; 41-1989
GSC P 69-47
EMPR PFD 826791

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