MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 092HSE236

File Created:	27-Feb-1992	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:	08-Jun-1992	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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		NMI
Name	WHIPSAW CREEK PLACER	Mining Division	Similkameen
		BCGS Map	092H037
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	092H07E
Latitude	049º 18' 23''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	120º 38' 59''	Northing	5464174
		Easting	670841
Commodities	Gold, Platinum	Deposit Types	C01 : Surficial placers
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Quesnel

Capsule Geology

Whipsaw Creek flows northeast for 24 kilometres into the Similkameen River, southwest of Princeton. The lower 2 kilometres of the creek cuts through a narrow steep-sided valley while the remainder flows over a broader, more open valley floor.

The gravels from this creek yielded "fine scales" of gold and platinum (Geological Survey of Canada Annual Report 1887-1888, page 62A). These deposits are now reported to be largely exhausted (Geological Survey of Canada Summary Report 1922, page 118A).

The gravels were worked intermittently between 1887 and 1935. The Similkameen Placer Syndicate held a lease on the creek in 1925. Total gold production is estimated at 3460 grams.


Bibliography	EM FIELDWORK 2001, pp. 303-312 EM GEOFILE 2000-2; 2000-5 EMPR AR 1890-380; 1891-577; 1892-545; 1894-758; 1925-215 EMPR BULL 28, pp. 54,55 GSC ANN RPT *1887-1888, p. 62A GSC EC GEOL No. 13, p. 94 (1934) GSC MAP 888A; 1386A; 41-1989 GSC MEM 243, p. 61 GSC P 85-1A, pp. 349-358 GSC PROG RPT 1877-1878, p. 156B GSC SUM RPT 1922, p. 118A; 1923, pp. 68A,69A Falconbridge File Placer Dome File