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MINFILE No 082M 237

File Created:	11-Mar-1986	by	Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:	10-Aug-2007	by	Sarah Meredith-Jones (SMJ)

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		NMI	082M9 Au6
Name	GOLDSTREAM CR	Mining Division	Revelstoke
		BCGS Map	082M068
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	082M09W
Latitude	051º 38' 00''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	118º 24' 04''	Northing	5721187
		Easting	403031
Commodities	Gold	Deposit Types	C01 : Surficial placers
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Kootenay

Capsule Geology

Underlying rocks in the area belong to the Upper Proterozoic Horsethief Creek Group. They consist of calcareous pelitic schists, amphibolites, marbles and quartzites.

Gold occurs in quartz veins around the heads of McCulloch and Graham Creeks. These veins are thought to have been the source of the placer gold. The placer gold occurs as coarse grains and nuggets close to the bedrock and as fine colours in the gravels and surface soil. The gold is also angular and slightly porous.


Bibliography	EMPR AR 1893-1043; 1894-743; 1895-690 EMPR BULL 21, p. 23; 28, p. 53,Fig. 3 GSC MAP 12-1964 GSC OF 637 GSC P 64-32 GSC SUM RPT *1928, part A, p. 192 EMPR PFD 860904