The Blue River Feldspar property is located approximately 3 kilometres west of the town of Blue River on the north side of the Blue River valley. A pegmatite dike, hosted in gneissic rocks along the northern margin of the Paleozoic to Proterozoic Shuswap Metamorphic Complex, has been explored as a source of feldspar. The deposit was mapped and drilled by G.R. Guillet in 1984.
Three major stratigraphic units are recognized in the area; metasedimentary rocks of the Semipelite-Amphibolite, the Middle Marble and the Upper Clastic units of the Hadrynian Horsethief Creek Group. These units are regionally metamorphosed to upper amphibolite grade. A pegmatite body, approximately 10 by 4 kilometres in area, is located on the north side of Blue River and trends east-west. A south-southwest apophysis of this pegmatite body extends south towards the Blue River where it outcrops at this deposit. The pegmatite intrudes biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss of the Hadrynian Horsethief Creek Group.
The pegmatite consists of a coarse assemblage of white feldspar and quartz with accessory muscovite. The dike, which strikes northeast and dips vertically, has been traced along strike for 1475 metres with a width of 490 metres and is best observed in outcrop along the base of the north valley wall of the Blue River.
A drill hole encountered two pegmatite sections of 6.2 and 3.6 metres separated by gneiss before intersecting the main pegmatite zone at 26.2 metres depth. The drill hole was terminated at 40 metres still in pegmatite. The weighted average of three samples of drill core analyzed as follows after dry magnetic separation (Assessment Report 12892):
--------------------------- SiO2 - 74.4 per cent Al2O3 - 14.7 per cent Fe2O3 - 0.076 per cent CaO - 1.73 per cent MgO - 0.04 per cent Na2O - 3.89 per cent K2O - 4.53 per cent MnO -< 0.01 per cent TiO2 - 0.01 per cent P2O5 - 0.02 per cent LOI - 0.53 per cent Chromium - < 10 ppm Rubidium - 130 ppm Strontium - 630 ppm Yttrium - < 10 ppm Zirconium - < 10 ppm Niobium - 20 ppm ---------------------------- |
Based on company results, the pegmatite contains feldspathic material which meets industry specifications for glass and ceramic applications.
Work History
In 1984, G.R. Guillet completed a single diamond drill hole, totalling 40.0 metres, on the Blue River Feldspar property. In 2023 and 2024, the area was prospected and rock sampled by Kenneth C. Ellerbeck as the Blue property.
The Blue River Feldspar property is located approximately 3 kilometres west of the town of Blue River on the north side of the Blue River valley. A pegmatite dike, hosted in gneissic rocks along the northern margin of the Paleozoic to Proterozoic Shuswap Metamorphic Complex, has been explored as a source of feldspar. The deposit was mapped and drilled by G.R. Guillet in 1984.
Three major stratigraphic units are recognized in the area; metasedimentary rocks of the Semipelite-Amphibolite, the Middle Marble and the Upper Clastic units of the Hadrynian Horsethief Creek Group. These units are regionally metamorphosed to upper amphibolite grade. A pegmatite body, approximately 10 by 4 kilometres in area, is located on the north side of Blue River and trends east-west. A south-southwest apophysis of this pegmatite body extends south towards the Blue River where it outcrops at this deposit. The pegmatite intrudes biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss of the Hadrynian Horsethief Creek Group.
The pegmatite consists of a coarse assemblage of white feldspar and quartz with accessory muscovite. The dike, which strikes northeast and dips vertically, has been traced along strike for 1475 metres with a width of 490 metres and is best observed in outcrop along the base of the north valley wall of the Blue River.
A drill hole encountered two pegmatite sections of 6.2 and 3.6 metres separated by gneiss before intersecting the main pegmatite zone at 26.2 metres depth. The drill hole was terminated at 40 metres still in pegmatite. The weighted average of three samples of drill core analyzed as follows after dry magnetic separation (Assessment Report 12892):
--------------------------- SiO2 - 74.4 per cent Al2O3 - 14.7 per cent Fe2O3 - 0.076 per cent CaO - 1.73 per cent MgO - 0.04 per cent Na2O - 3.89 per cent K2O - 4.53 per cent MnO -< 0.01 per cent TiO2 - 0.01 per cent P2O5 - 0.02 per cent LOI - 0.53 per cent Chromium - < 10 ppm Rubidium - 130 ppm Strontium - 630 ppm Yttrium - < 10 ppm Zirconium - < 10 ppm Niobium - 20 ppm ---------------------------- |
Based on company results, the pegmatite contains feldspathic material which meets industry specifications for glass and ceramic applications.
Work History
In 1984, G.R. Guillet completed a single diamond drill hole, totalling 40.0 metres, on the Blue River Feldspar property. In 2023 and 2024, the area was prospected and rock sampled by Kenneth C. Ellerbeck as the Blue property.
