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MINFILE No  082LNW012
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  23-Jun-1995 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI
Name ONYX Mining Division Kamloops
BCGS Map 082L094
Status Showing NTS Map 082L14W
Latitude 050º 59' 39'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 119º 18' 54'' Northing 5651727
Easting 337546
Commodities Lead, Silver Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Kootenay
Capsule Geology

The Onyx showing area is underlain by pyritic greenstone and phyllite of the Lower Cambrian Johnson Lake unit of the Eagle Bay assemblage. The phyllite has been variably silicified with local development of abundant quartz veins and stringers.

The showing is described as "very high grade argentiferous galena associated with quartz in sedimentary rocks" and is hosted by limestone.

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1934-D29
EMPR ASS RPT 13498
EMPR PF (General File - Dawson, G.M. (1898): Geology map of Shuswap Sheet)
GSC MAP 1059A
GSC MEM 296
GSC OF 481; 637 (Occurrence 139)
GSC P 48-4; 74-1A, pp. 25-30; 86-1A, pp. 81-88; 89-1E, pp. 51-60
CJES Vol.21 (Oct.1984), pp. 1171-1193
EMPR PFD 800200, 800247, 800259, 800269
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