MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 082ESE088

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	14-Feb-2006	by	Laura deGroot (LDG)

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		NMI
Name	CALEDONIA (L.1756)	Mining Division	Greenwood
		BCGS Map	082E010
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	082E01E
Latitude	049º 02' 24''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	118º 10' 16''	Northing	5432563
		Easting	414411
Commodities	Gold, Silver, Chromium, Nickel	Deposit Types	M02 : Tholeiitic intrusion-hosted Ni-Cu
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Slide Mountain

Capsule Geology

The Caledonia claim Lot 1756 located on the northwest slopes of Castle Mountain is centred on dunite of the Carboniferous to Permian Mount Roberts Formation. The ultramafic rock carries finely disseminated nickel sulphides (inferred to be pentlandite), chromite and magnetite.

In 1939, a shipment of 14 tonnes of ore yielded 156 grams silver and 249 grams gold. In 1972-73, Hunter Point Explorations Ltd. drilled four surface diamond-drill holes totalling 274 metres.


Bibliography	EMPR AR 1903-H246; 1939-A36 EMPR GEM 1972-33,34; *1973-35,36 GSC MAP 6-1957 GSC OF 481; 1969 EMPR PFD 1255, 823631