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File Created: 07-Sep-2009 by George Owsiacki (GO)
Last Edit:  10-Sep-2009 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI
Name GROUSE CREEK, RG-6 Mining Division Cariboo
BCGS Map 093H003
Status Showing NTS Map 093H03W
Latitude 053º 01' 60'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 27' 57'' Northing 5877075
Easting 602885
Commodities Gold Deposit Types I01 : Au-quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Barkerville
Capsule Geology

The showing is located on the west side of Grouse Creek about 5 kilometres southeast of Barkerville. A rock chip sample (RG-6) of a carbonatized outcrop cut by a 5 centimetre wide quartz vein analyzed 0.52 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 24135). The vein strikes 200 degrees, dipping 85 degrees northwest.

The Grouse Creek property is entirely underlain by the Downey succession of the Upper Proterozoic-Paleozoic Snowshoe Group. The Downey succession is comprised of olive and grey micaceous quartzites, phyllite, marble, limestone, calcareous quartzite and tuff. The unit is characterized by its abundant marble and tuff. The quartzite commonly is brown weathering because of abundant porphyroblasts of ankerite and siderite. The rocks have all been subjected to low grade regional metamorphism and intense deformation but they still commonly show bedding and other sedimentary features.

In 1995, A.G. Troup conducted a reconnaissance exploration program over the Grouse Creek property consisting of prospecting, rock chip sampling, geochemical sampling and a magnetometer survey.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *24135
EMPR BULL 38; 47
GSC MAP 1424A
GSC OF 844

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