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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  18-Jan-1992 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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NMI
Name GD, AU, FITZ Mining Division Similkameen
BCGS Map 092H047
Status Prospect NTS Map 092H07E
Latitude 049º 26' 52'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 120º 41' 58'' Northing 5479779
Easting 666748
Commodities Gold, Copper, Silver Deposit Types M05 : Alaskan-type Pt+/-Os+/-Rh+/-Ir
L04 : Porphyry Cu +/- Mo +/- Au
L01 : Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The GD showing is 1.5 kilometres northeast of Granite Creek and 13.5 kilometres west-southwest of Princeton.

A small stock of fine to medium-grained gabbro intrudes a sequence of agglomerates with interbedded limestone and argillite of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group. This intrusive is possibly related to the Early Jurassic Tulameen Ultramafic Complex.

The stock is cut by a shear zone striking west-northwest. The zone is up to 6 metres wide and contains a quartz vein 0.05 to 1.2 metres wide of similar orientation. The vein is mineralized with pyrite and minor chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite and malachite. Native gold is reported to be associated with the sulphides. A channel sample from the shear zone taken in an adit across a width of 1.0 metre assayed 4.01 grams per tonne gold, 6.5 grams per tonne silver and 0.08 per cent copper (Assessment Report 15317, page 6).

A sample from a quartz vein outcropping about 480 metres east-northeast of the adit assayed 2.15 grams per tonne gold and 1.9 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 15317, page 9).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 5043, *15317
EMPR GEM 1974-116,117
EMPR P 1992-6
EMPR PF (*Borovic, I. (1987): Report on the Geological, Geochemical and Geophysical Exploration of the AU Property, in Hector Resources Ltd. (1987): Statement of Material Facts, Vancouver Stock Exchange)
GSC MAP 888A; 1386A; 41-1989
GSC MEM 243
GSC P 85-1A, pp. 349-358
CJES Vol. 24, pp. 2521-2536 (1987)
EMPR PFD 650170, 8949

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