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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  15-May-1992 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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Name OELRICH CREEK Mining Division Similkameen
BCGS Map 092H058
Status Showing NTS Map 092H10E
Latitude 049º 34' 49'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 120º 32' 06'' Northing 5494885
Easting 678184
Commodities Copper Deposit Types D03 : Volcanic redbed Cu
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Oelrich Creek showing is 200 metres southwest of Oelrich Creek and 2.1 kilometres north-northeast of the creek's confluence with Allison Creek.

Chalcopyrite and malachite occur in a section of volcanic siltstone, sandstone and pebble conglomerate of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group (Central belt, Bulletin 59).

Bibliography
EMPR BULL 69
EMPR FIELDWORK 1975, pp. 55-58
EMPR MAP *21 (1976)
EMPR P 1981-2
GSC MAP 888A; 1386A; 41-1989
GSC MEM 243
GSC OF 2167, pp. 93-98
GSC P 85-1A, pp. 349-358
CJES Vol. 16, pp. 1658-1672 (1979); Vol. 24, pp. 2521-2536 (1987)

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