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MINFILE No 103I 204

File Created:	26-Sep-1986	by	Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:	01-Jan-0001	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)

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		NMI	103I15 Au10
Name	DOUGLAS CREEK	Mining Division	Skeena
		BCGS Map	103I087
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	103I15E
Latitude	054º 50' 29''	UTM	09 (NAD 83)
Longitude	128º 43' 37''	Northing	6077176
		Easting	517536
Commodities	Gold	Deposit Types	C01 : Surficial placers
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Bowser Lake

Capsule Geology

The area is underlain by sediments of the Jurassic to Cretaceous Bowser Lake Group. Auriferous quartz veins are probable sources of placer gold in the Douglas Creek bed. The largest nugget recovered was 195 grams in 1933 (Bulletin 21). Coarse gold has been recovered from gravels above bedrock in the creek bed and from remnants of old channel ground on low bench and bar sections.

Recorded production for the period 1886-1940 totals 10,937 grams of placer gold.


Bibliography	EMPR AR 1886-201,table; 1914-107-108; 1918-49-50; 1923-48; 1924-48; 1925-70; 1926-73; 1927-65; 1930-76-77; 1931-36; 1932-51; 1933-45; 1934-B11 EMPR BULL 1, 1931, pp. 47-48; 1, 1933, p. 25; 21, p. 17; 28, p. 48 EMPR MAP 8 GSC MAP 278A; 11-1956; 1136A; 1385A GSC MEM 205, pp. 1,8; 329, pp. 69,71 GSC P 36-20, p. 11 GSC SUM RPT 1922A, p. 49; 1923A, pp. 42-44