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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  12-Apr-2021 by Nicole Barlow (NB)

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NMI 093N12 Au4
Name ALICE CREEK Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093N063
Status Past Producer NTS Map 093N12E
Latitude 055º 38' 36'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 125º 35' 24'' Northing 6169427
Easting 337003
Commodities Gold Deposit Types C04 : Paleoplacer U-Au-PGE-Sn-Ti-diam-mag-gar-zir
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Cache Creek, Quesnel
Capsule Geology

Alice Creek flows southeastward from the Vital Range into Byrnes Lake approximately 30 kilometres northeast of Takla Landing. Exploration in the area dates back to 1869, when gold was discovered on Vital Creek (093N 044), 9 kilometres to the northeast. Little information is available describing development on Alice Creek.

The creek drains an area underlain by a north-northwest striking, variably dipping sequence of interbedded phyllite, andesitic tuff and minor limestone assigned to the Carboniferous to Jurassic Cache Creek Complex. These rocks host numerous barren-looking, locally rusty, white quartz veins varying up to a metre in width.

All that is known about work carried out on Alice Creek is that it occurred at the same time (1936-1945) as that on Kelly Creek (093N 049), approximately 1.5 kilometres to the northeast.

Recorded production from Alice Creek (1936-1945) is 2520 grams of gold (Bulletin 28, pages 43 and 44). Records of production resulting from work undertaken sporadically into the 1980s are not available.

For detailed exploration work history see the Kelly Creek (MINFILE 093N  049) occurrence.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 12543, 12546, 17623, 14790, 30399, 32628
EMPR BULL *28, pp. 43-44
EMPR EXPL 1983-463; 1986-C372-C373
EMPR OF 2000-33
EMPR PF Chevron (IB, BM (1974): Air photo overlay, BC-2061 23; IB, BM (1974): Air photo overlay, BC-2060 93; Dick (1974): Air photo overlay, Base map; IB BM (1974): Air photo overlay, BC-2061 23; MF (1974): Air photo overlay, BC-2059 103; Dick (1974): Air photo overlay for Vita - Byrnes Lake; MR (1974): Air photo overlay, BC-2061 23; IB, BM (1974): Air photo overlay, BC-2059 63; MF (1974): Air photo overlay, BC-2060 33)
GSC MAP 844A; 907A; 971A; 1424A
GSC MEM 252
GSC P 74-1A; 74-1B, pp. 31-42

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