MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 092HSE082

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	14-Nov-1991	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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		NMI
Name	RED MOUNTAIN (L.2666)	Mining Division	Osoyoos
		BCGS Map	092H040
Status	Showing	NTS Map	092H08E
Latitude	049º 22' 45''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	120º 02' 47''	Northing	5473803
		Easting	714376
Commodities	Gold	Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Quesnel

Capsule Geology

The Red Mountain showing is situated 1.2 kilometres northwest of Nickel Plate Mountain, about 3 kilometres northeast of Hedley.

This area on the south flank of Aberdeen Ridge is underlain by siltstone and limestone of the Upper Triassic Hedley Formation (Nicola Group). These sediments are intruded by dykes and sills of diorite and gabbro of the Early Jurassic Hedley Intrusions.

A fine-grained igneous rock (andesite/diorite dyke or sill?) of undefined width is mineralized with arsenopyrite and pyrite. Samples are reported to average 8.2 grams per tonne gold (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1901, page 1163).


Bibliography	EMPR AR 1900-883; 1901-1163; 1903-248; 1913-177 EMPR FIELDWORK 1985, pp. 101-105; 1986, pp. 65-79; 1987, pp. 59-80 EMPR OF 1987-10; 1988-6 EMPR P 1989-3, pp. 19-35 GSC MAP 568A; 888A; 41-1989 GSC MEM 243 GSC OF 2167, pp. 59-80 EMPR PFD 752921, 752922, 752923, 752927