MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 092L 106

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	31-May-2022	by	Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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		NMI	092L5 Cu3
Name	ROSSLAND	Mining Division	Nanaimo
		BCGS Map	092L043
Status	Showing	NTS Map	092L05E
Latitude	050º 24' 59''	UTM	09 (NAD 83)
Longitude	127º 32' 46''	Northing	5585938
		Easting	603291
Commodities	Lead, Copper	Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt	Insular	Terrane	Wrangell

Capsule Geology

The Rossland occurrence is located in the west of Goquaw Creek, approximately 2.5 kilometres southwest of the Creek mouth.

The area is underlain by Lower Jurassic Bonanza Group andesitic to rhyodacitic lava, tuff and breccia.

Locally, galena and chalcopyrite mineralization are reported.

Work History

The area was originally explored in the early 1900’s by a 1.2 metre tunnel and 4 open cuts (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1906, page 200). In 1989, Teck Explorations completed a program of geochemical sampling and ground electromagnetic and magnetic surveys on the area. In 2013, J.R. Billingsley completed a program of geological mapping and structural analysis on the area as the Quatsino King property.


Bibliography	EMPR AR *1906-200 EMPR ASS RPT 19248, 34193 GSC MAP 4-1974; 1552A GSC P 74-8 EMPR PFD 826849, 673354, 673355, 673356