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MINFILE No 092JNE037

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	17-Aug-2007	by	Sarah Meredith-Jones (SMJ)

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		NMI	092J15 Au8
Name	WILD WEST	Mining Division	Lillooet
		BCGS Map	092J096
Status	Showing	NTS Map	092J15W
Latitude	050º 59' 24''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	122º 51' 14''	Northing	5648723
		Easting	510255
Commodities	Gold, Copper	Deposit Types	K04 : Au skarn
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Cadwallader

Capsule Geology

The Wide West skarn showing is located 2.5 kilometers south of Eldorado mountain, near the head of Taylor Creek. The showing is within Mississippian to Jurassic Bridge River Complex (Group) crystalline limestone, interbedded with slate and greenstone and adjacent to diorite of the nearby Paleocene Eldorado pluton. Mineralization consists of pyrrhotite and minor chalcopyrite as solid masses, making up 60 per cent of the rock. The limestone body is six metres wide and is partly to wholly replaced with sulphides. A sample taken in 1913 assayed about 7 grams per tonne gold (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1913, page 268).

Bibliography

EMPR AR *1913-K268

EMPR ASS RPT 9062, 11231, 13666, 14812

EMPR FIELDWORK 1974, p. 35; 1985, pp. 303-310; 1986, pp. 23-29; 1987,

pp. 93-104, pp. 115-130; 1988, pp. 131-143; 1989, pp. 45-51, pp. 53

1990, pp. 65-74, pp. 75-83

EMPR OF 1987-11; 1989-4

GSC MAP 1610; 1882

GSC MEM 130; 213

GSC OF 482

GSC P 43-15; 73-17; 77-2 (Sample GSC 76-49)

GSC SUM RPT 1912, p. 206

CJES 1987, Vol. 24, pp. 2279-2291

ECON GEOL *84-8-1989, pp. 2226-2236 (Leitch et al., 1989)

EMPR PFD 842066, 842771, 842772, 861524, 861555, 843372, 843373, 843374, 843375, 843376, 843377, 843382, 843383, 843388, 843389, 843390, 843391, 843392, 843393, 843394, 843395, 843396