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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  19-Nov-2024 by Del Ferguson (DF)

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NMI 092J9, 092I12 Mo1
Name INDEX (L.1306), MOLY Mining Division Lillooet
BCGS Map 092J060
Status Prospect NTS Map 092J09E
Latitude 050º 31' 35'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 00' 15'' Northing 5597633
Easting 570586
Commodities Molybdenum, Gold, Uranium Deposit Types L08 : Porphyry Mo (Climax-type)
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Bridge River, Methow
Capsule Geology

The INDEX prospect is located approximately 18 kilometres south of Lillooet, B.C., on a ridge above the north fork of Molybdenite Creek, a tributary to Texas Creek.

The area is underlain by hornfelsed sediments, argillite, quartzite and chert and volcanics, andesite breccia and greenstone tuff of the Mississippian to Jurassic Bridge River Complex (Group). An oblong-shaped stock, 1.5 kilometres by 2 kilometres long, intrudes the sediments and volcanics. The Index stock is mainly granodiorite, grading to biotite granite and quartz monzonite. It is related to a larger Tertiary-Cretaceous intrusion located a kilometre east of the Phair Creek fault. Small andesite dikes and a swarm of biotite lamprophyre dikes cut through the stock.

Molybdenite occurs mainly within the core of the Index Stock, which is fine-grained and aplitic. The molybdenum is seen in north trending shears and disseminated on fractures. The highest concentrations are in a 1-metre wide lenticular zone as clots of solid fine-grained crystals or rosettes which assay up to 7 per cent MoS2 and have low-grade (1.3 grams per tonne) gold values. The molybdenum is associated with quartz and sericite with kaolinitized orthoclase. Molybdite, an oxide of molybdenite, characterizes the surface of enriched zones. In 1916, 7.4 tonnes of material grading 15.01 per cent MoS2 was extracted (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1949, page 113).

Uraninite has been reported in the mineralized outcrops; however, assays are low, the highest being 0.0085 per cent U3O8 (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1949, page 114).

The Index prospect was discovered in the 1890s and sporadic exploration continued including road building, trenching, geological and geochemical surveys and limited diamond drilling. In 1965 and 1966 Texas Creek Mines Ltd. completed trenching and 426 metres of diamond drilling. From 2004 to 2007, the Mo Syndicate conducted programs of rock sampling, petrographic studies, ground magnetometer, remote sensing and induced polarization (IP) on their Index project. In 2007, sample MC3 returned values of 3.17 per cent molybdenum, and 0.27 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 28354).

During 2007 through 2010, Galliard Resources Corp. examined the area as the Index and Enterprise properties.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1916-26,272; 1935-F58; *1949-113-114; 1964-84; 1965-145; 1966-140
EMPR ASS RPT *6213, *15032, *28354, *29471
EMPR BULL 9, p. 84
EMPR FIELDWORK 1974, p. 35; 1985, pp. 303-310; 1986, pp. 23-29; 1987,
pp. 93-130; 1988, pp. 105-152; 1989, pp. 45-72; 1990, pp. 75-83
EMPR GEM 1970-227; 1977-E162
EMPR MAP 22-41
EMPR OF 1987-11; 1988-3; 1989-4; 1990-10
EMPR PF (Report by N.W. Emmens, 1917; Report by D.L. Hings, 1965;
*Report by J.F.V. Millar, 1964, Texas Creek Mines Ltd.)
GSC EC GEOL #16, p. 45; #16 (2nd Edit.), p. 233; #20, pp. 41,227,
266-267
GSC MEM 262, p. 106
GSC OF 482, 551
CIM TRANS Vol. 53, 1950, p. 285
ECON GEOL Vol. 46, 1951, pp. 353-366
GCNL #81, 1978
Mitchell, M.A. (2009-12-03): Technical Report on the Enterprise Property
Mitchell, M.A. (2010-03-30): Technical Report on the Enterprise Property

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