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MINFILE No  092HSW108
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  16-Dec-1994 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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Name CHANNEL BAR Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092H043
Status Past Producer NTS Map 092H06W
Latitude 049º 27' 41'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 25' 29'' Northing 5479941
Easting 614150
Commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc Deposit Types C01 : Surficial placers
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Overlap Assemblage
Capsule Geology

Placer concentrate was produced in 1971 by Channel Bar Mines Limited. Gold (187 grams), silver (62 grams), lead (1 kilogram) and zinc (1 kilogram) were recovered from the concentrates. A company called Channel Bar Mining Co. Ltd. conducted a seismic refraction survey in 1984 on its placer leases on the Fraser River, in the vicinity of Strawberry Island.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *12153
EMPR BC METAL MM00214
EMPR GEM 1971-446
GSC MAP 12-1969; 737A; 1069A; 41-1989
GSC P 69-47
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