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File Created: 08-Jul-1986 by Gary R. Foye (GRF)
Last Edit:  20-Feb-1989 by David G. Bailey (DGB)

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NMI
Name FORT GEORGE CANYON Mining Division Cariboo
BCGS Map 093G067
Status Showing NTS Map 093G10E
Latitude 053º 40' 13'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 43' 06'' Northing 5946874
Easting 518609
Commodities Gold Deposit Types C01 : Surficial placers
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The area is underlain primarily by basalt and andesitic breccias. The Fort George Canyon placer deposit occurs on benches of the Fraser River.

"Data from the Cariboo mining district indicate that supergene leaching of gold dispersed within massive sulphides by Tertiary deep weathering followed by Cenozoic erosion is the most likely explanation for the occurrence of coarse gold nuggets in Quaternary sediments" (Exploration in British Columbia 1989, page 147).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1933-A127; 1935-C21
EMPR PF (Placer leases Map, Sketches, Plans - 1935-1938; Lay, D., (1935): Report re: Certain Placer-Mining Leases Situated at Fort George Canyon; Log of Drill Holes - 1935; Results from Test Pits - 1935)
EMPR EXPL 1989, pp. 147-169
EMPR FIELDWORK 1990, pp. 331-356; 1992, pp. 463-473

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