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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  21-Jul-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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Name OLIVIA, BLACK SNAKE Mining Division Fort Steele
BCGS Map 082G073
Status Showing NTS Map 082G12E
Latitude 049º 43' 20'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 115º 31' 34'' Northing 5508789
Easting 606235
Commodities Copper Deposit Types E14 : Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb-Ag
Tectonic Belt Foreland Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

The Olivia occurrence consists of a quartz vein carrying small amounts of chalcopyrite(?). Hand-sorted ore on the dump assayed 1.01 per cent copper, 24 grams silver and 1 gram gold. The vein may be hosted by the Helikian Aldridge or Creston formations (Purcell Supergroup) but the location is too vague to identify proper stratigraphy.

During 2005 through 2009, Ruby Red Resources Inc. completed programs of rock and soil sampling, geological mapping, trenching and a 4.5 line-kilometre ground electromagnetic (VLF) survey on the area. In 2010 and 2011, the area was explored as a part of the Dewdney Trail Gold project of PJX Resources Inc.

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1927-266
EMPR MAP 36
EMPR OF *1988-14
GSC MAP 396A; 11-1960
GSC MEM 76
Thompson, R.I. (2010-12-03): NI 43-101 Technical Report - Geology, Exploration Programs and Results from the Dewdney Trail Property with Recommendations for Further Exploration
Thompson, R.I. (2011-06-16): Amended and Restated NI 43-101 Technical Report - Geology, Exploration Programs and Results from the Dewdney Trail Property with Recommendations for Further Exploration

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