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MINFILE No 082LSE033

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	30-Oct-2014	by	Laura deGroot (LDG)

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		NMI
Name	HECKMAN CREEK, FALL CREEK, CEDAR CREEK	Mining Division	Vernon
		BCGS Map	082L018
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	082L02E
Latitude	050º 11' 30''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	118º 33' 16''	Northing	5561098
		Easting	389043
Commodities	Gold	Deposit Types	C01 : Surficial placers
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Overlap Assemblage

Capsule Geology

The Heckman Creek deposit is located on Heckman Creek about 6 kilometres southeast of Cherryville.

The bedrock in the area comprises sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Devonian to Triassic Harper Ranch Group and the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Nicola Group. Glacial and/or fluvial gravels contain placer gold.

Production totalling 124 grams of gold is reported for the period 1936-1940 (Bulletin 28, page 63). No other information is available.

Bibliography

EMPR AR 1877-404; 1901-1127

EMPR BULL *28, pp. 62-63

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 PF (Prospectors Report 1995-52 by R.H. McMillan)

EMPR RGS 082L, 1976; 32, 1991

GSC MAP 7216G; 8501G

GSC MEM 296

GSC OF *637 (#313)

GSC P 91-2, pp. 115-135

WWW http://www.infomine.com/index/properties/CHERRYVILLE.html

EMPR PFD 673296