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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  12-Mar-1991 by Carol I. Didson (CID)

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NMI 092J15 Au9
Name TRUAX, SPRUCE Mining Division Lillooet
BCGS Map 092J087
Status Showing NTS Map 092J15E
Latitude 050º 48' 37'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 42' 05'' Northing 5628770
Easting 521039
Commodities Gold, Antimony, Silver Deposit Types I09 : Stibnite veins and disseminations
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Bridge River
Capsule Geology

The Truax showing is underlain by Mississippian to Jurassic metasediments of the Bridge River Complex (Group), near the contact with the Cretaceous to Tertiary Bendor pluton granodiorite. Three parallel quartz veins in a shear zone contain stibnite and arsenopyrite with associated gold values. Although some diamond drilling and trenching have been done on the property, only sketchy descriptions exist.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1959-28; 1960-24
EMPR ASS RPT 18434
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 1970-225; 1972-283
EMPR OF 1987-11; 1988-3; 1989-4; 1990-10
GSC MAP 431A
GSC MEM 130; 213
GSC OF 482
GSC P 43-15; 73-17
CJES 1987, Vol. 24, pp. 2279-2291
Placer Dome File

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