MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082FNE092

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	12-Jan-2000	by	Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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		NMI
Name	PIMACO, CAS, SKO, CHUCK	Mining Division	Fort Steele
		BCGS Map	082F099
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082F16E
Latitude	049º 57' 54''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	116º 14' 41''	Northing	5535013
		Easting	554168
Commodities	Tungsten, Tin	Deposit Types	I13 : Sn veins and greisens I12 : W veins K05 : W skarn
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Ancestral North America

Capsule Geology

The Pimaco occurs at or near the contact between rusty-weathering argillites, siltstone and quartzite of the Middle Proterozoic lower Aldridge Formation (Purcell Supergroup), and turbidite wackes and laminated siltstone of the middle Aldridge Formation.

Cassiterite, scheelite and wolframite bearing quartz-greissen veinlets occur in Moyie diorite sills within the Aldridge rocks.

The contact is a favourable horizon to Sullivan-type mineralization on the property.


Bibliography	EM GEOS MAP 1998-4 EMPR AR 1966-240 EMPR ASS RPT 3109, *12632 EMPR GEM 1971-414 EMPR OF 1991-17 EMPR PFD 1650, 800665, 600093, 841777, 841778, 841779, 841794, 843325, 827887, 827888, 827889