093N11 Au3
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093N11 Au3
P R OD UCT PRODUIT GOLD (PLACER) NAME OF PROPERTY NOM DE L A PROPRILTE PROVINCE OR TERRITORY PROVINCE OU TERRITOIRE at. . 55040 Mining Division Division miniere La t. Omineca County Comt6 District District ~ong. Long. 125027 ' Cassiar Township or Parish Canton ou paroisse Lot Lot Sec Sect. ' Concession or Range Concession ou rang TP. Ct. R. R. 93 N / 1 1 N.T.S. AREA REGION DU S.N.R.C. I SILVER and KENNY CREEKS OBJECT LOCATE,D OBJET LOCALISE UNCERTAINTY FACTEUR D'INCERTITUDE B r i t i s h Columbia 1 R E F . AU 3 REF. HISTORY OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT HISTORIQUE DE L'EXPLORATION ET DE L A MISE EN VALEUR Kenny Creek flows e a s t e r l y i n t o S i l v e r Creek a t a p o i n t some 24 miles n o r t h e a s t of Takla Landing. Gold was discovered on S i l v e r Creek i n 1868 b u t t h e creek was never mined t o any g r e a t e x t e n t . L i t t l e i s known of t h e e a r l y o p e r a t i o n s on e i t h e r S i l v e r o r Kenny creeks. I n 1912 and subsequent y e a r s some t e s t i n g of t h e g r a v e l s on S i l v e r Creek was done by G.H. Knowlton and a s s o c i a t e s . Yukon Border P l a c e r GoldsLimited d r i l l e d 8 h o l e s on S i l v e r Creek i n 1935. On f i v e l e a s e s on S i l v e r Creek, owned i n 1954 by M r s . W. T a i t , Canadian Exploration, Limited, d r i l l e d 10 h o l e s t o t a l l i n g 877 f e e t ; t h e r e s u l t s were r e p o r t e d t o be discouraging. OWNER 0 R O P ERATORIPROPRI~TAIREOU EXPLOITANT DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITIDESCRIPTION D U GISEMENT These c r e e k s have f a i r l y wide v a l l e y s w l t h h l g h g r a v e l banks on both s i d e s . I n p l a c e s t h e s e d e p o s i t s a r e s e v e r a l hundred f e e t t h i c k , and i n c l u d e both boulder c l a y and stream g r a v e l s . The p r e s e n t stream channels have c u t i n t o bedrock along p a r t s of t h e i r courses, forming rock canyons. Along Kenny Creek t h e bedrock c o n s i s t s mainly of interbedded a r g i l l i t e s , c h e r t s , and greenstones of t h e Cache Creek group. S i l v e r Creek below t h e j u n c t i o n flows almost along t h e P i n c h i f a u l t zone, t r a v e r s i n g a l t e r n a t e l y Cache Creek rocks and sedmientary and v o l c a n i c rocks of t h e Takla formation. The most extensive workings on S i l v e r Creek a r e n e a r t h e mouth of V i t a l Creek, and some 3 m i l e s f a r t h e r upstream n e a r i t s j u n c t i o n w i t h Kenny Creek. The workings on Kenny Creek extend f o r - a b o u t h a l f a m i l e above t h e j u n c t i o n , and i t is r e p o r t e d t h a t concentrat i o n s of p l a c e r gold were found i n shallow g r a v e l s overlying rock benches. Associated minerals or products Mineraux ou produits assocMs Mineral Policy Sector, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa .I. Secteur de la politique mintrale, ministere de I'Energie, des Mines et des Ressources, Ottawa cnc-ioc) / HISTORY OF PRODUCTIONIHISTORIQUE DE L A PRODUCTION The recorded p r o d u c t i o n from S i l v e r and Kenny Creeks i s 642 Armstrong, J.E.; F o r t S t . James Map-Area, C a s s i a r and Coast D i s t r i c t s , B r i t i s h Columbia; Memoir 252, ounces o f p l a c e r g o l d . (Armstrong, J.E., 1949, p . 1 4 1 ) . pp. 4, 140, Geol. Surv. of Canada, 1949. Reports of M i n i s t e r of Mines, B r i t i s h Columbia: p. 109; 1935, p . C 38; 1954, p. 169. 1924, Holland, S t u a r t S.; P l a c e r Gold P r o d u c t i o n o f B r i t i s h Columbia; B u l l e t i n No. 28, pp. 45, 46, B r i t i s h Columbia Dept. of Mines, 1950. Report of a n E x p l o r a t i o n o f t h e F i n d l a y McConnell, R.G.; and Omineca R i v e r s ; Annual Report, Vol. V I I , P t . C, p. 7, Geol. S u m . of Canada, 1894. MAP REFERENCESIR~FERENCES CARTOGRAPHIQUES Map 971 A, Smithers-Fort S t . James, (Geol.), Sc. .1":8 m i l e s . Map 844 A, Takla, (Geol.), Sc. 1":4 m i l e s . Map 93 N, Manson R i v e r , (Topo.), Sc. 1:250,000. REMARKSIREMA ROUES 1 1 1 I Date Date 11-68 I I I I I B C I 93 N . . - - 50 - - -E--