MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082LSW061

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	31-Mar-1993	by	Discovery Consultants (DISC)

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		NMI
Name	GOLD MOUNTAIN, WOODLAND BELL	Mining Division	Vernon
		BCGS Map	082L045
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082L06E
Latitude	050º 24' 00''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	119º 03' 10''	Northing	5585120
		Easting	354113
Commodities	Gold, Copper	Deposit Types	I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Quesnel

Capsule Geology

The Gold Mountain showing is located 21 kilometres northeast of Vernon, near the headwaters of Putnam Creek.

In the area, Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Nicola Group sedimentary and volcanic rocks are faulted over metasedimentary rocks of the Proterozoic Silver Creek Formation.

Nicola Group argillite hosts gold and copper mineralization in a 1.5 metre thick quartz vein. Copper mineralization, probably chalcopyrite, is present. Sampling from underground exploration returned gold values of 27 grams per tonne (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1902, page 188).

The first reference to this occurrence is from the 1902 Annual Report.


Bibliography	EMPR AR *1902-188 EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 55-58; 1988, pp. 355-363 EMPR MAP 7216G, 8513G EMPR OF 1989-5, 1990-30 EMPR PF (In 082LSW General - Claim Map, 1966) EMPR RGS 1976 GSC MEM 296 GSC OF 637 (Map C), 736, 2167 GSC P 89-1E pp. 51-60 EMPR PFD 681568