MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082ESE135

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	22-May-2008	by	Laura deGroot (LDG)

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		NMI
Name	ELKHORN FR. (L.297S), ELKHORN FRACTION	Mining Division	Greenwood
		BCGS Map	082E017
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	082E02E
Latitude	049º 06' 30''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	118º 40' 10''	Northing	5440841
		Easting	378160
Commodities	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	Deposit Types	I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Slide Mountain, Plutonic Rocks

Capsule Geology

The Elkhorn Fr. (Lot 297S) is located north of Greenwood, between the Elkhorn (082ESE002) to the west and Providence (082ESE001) to the east.

Production from 1925 to 1927 amounted to 44 tonnes of ore, yielding 249 grams of gold, 241.8 kilograms of silver, 2.3 tonnes of lead, and 5.3 tonnes of zinc.

A 5 to 40-centimetre wide quartz vein is hosted by silicified Knob Hill schists (Paleozoic) outcroppping near the north contact of the Greenwood granodiorite stock (Cretaceous). The ore minerals consist of pyrite, galena, sphalerite, argentite, native silver and native gold. The vein is likely an extension of the Providence vein.


Bibliography	EMPR AEROMAG MAP 8497G EMPR AR 1914-167; 1925-197; *1926-213; 1927-237 EMPR ASS RPT 12815 EMPR BC METAL MM00847 EMPR INDEX 3-195 EMPR MR MAP 6 (1932) EMPR OF 1990-25 EMPR P 1986-2 EMPR PRELIM MAP 59 GSC MAP 828; 45-20A; 6-1957; 10-1967; 1500A; 1736A GSC OF 481; 637; 1969 GSC P 45-20; 67-42; 79-29 EMPR PFD 1079, 1352, 800042