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File Created: 14-Dec-1994 by Dorthe E. Jakobsen (DEJ)
Last Edit:  15-Dec-1994 by Dorthe E. Jakobsen (DEJ)

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Name ECHO II, CREIGHTON CREEK Mining Division Vernon
BCGS Map 082L017
Status Showing NTS Map 082L02E
Latitude 050º 10' 26'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 118º 43' 10'' Northing 5559380
Easting 377221
Commodities Gold, Silver Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Kootenay
Capsule Geology

The Echo II showing is located on the north side of Bonneau Creek, about 40 kilometres east-southeast of Vernon.

The claims were staked in 1982 and work in 1983, 1984 and 1987 identified geochemically anomalous areas and located zones of altered and silicified outcrop. In 1988, a silicified and pyritic outcrop was discovered during geological mapping, prospecting and geophysics.

The area is underlain by metamorphic rocks of the Proterozoic to Paleozoic Kootenay Assemblage. Locally, these comprise primarily schistose rock but include phyllite, amphibolite and limestone.

A 40 centimetre wide zone of silicified mica schist occurs within an 18 metre wide outcrop of fractured clay-rich and limonitic schist.

A sample taken from this zone assayed 1.3 grams per tonne silver and 1.08 grams per tonne gold (Sample LES-115, Assessement Report 16413). Other samples assayed between 0.001 and 0.009 gram per tonne gold (Assessement Report 16413).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 11718, 11814, 13360, *16413, 17041, 17157, 18350, 18351
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
GSC P 91-2, pp. 115-135
EMPR PFD 882087, 882088, 841222

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