MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 082LSE032

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	19-Dec-1994	by	Dorthe E. Jakobsen (DEJ)

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		NMI
Name	BLUE GROUSE	Mining Division	Vernon
		BCGS Map	082L028
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082L02E
Latitude	050º 14' 54''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	118º 33' 22''	Northing	5567401
		Easting	389056
Commodities	Zinc, Lead	Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Quesnel

Capsule Geology

The Blue Grouse occurrence is located about 4.5 kilometres east of Cherryville and north of Cherry Creek.

The area is underlain by sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Nicola Group. These comprise basic lavas and pyroclastics and sedimentary rocks including argillite and some limestones.

A zinc-lead occurrence of unknown type is noted on Geological Survey of Canada Open File 637 (#312). No other information is available.


Bibliography	EMPR FIELDWORK 1982, pp. 33-36; 1987, pp. 55-58, 401-404, 511-514; 1988, pp. 49-54; 1990, pp. 301-306; 1991, pp. 319-323; 1992, pp. 255-257 EMPR OF 1990-30; 1991-18; 1994-8 EMPR RGS 082L, 1976; 32, 1991 GSC MAP 7216G; 8501G GSC MEM 296 GSC OF *637 (#312) GSC P 91-2, pp. 115-135 EMPR PFD 860926, 860927, 860928, 860929