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Large exposure of the Marron Formation within the Rock Creek graben on the east shore of the Kettle River.
G.M. DeFields is thanked for her assistance in the field.
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MINFILE
AGE DATES
MINFILE Names Status Commodities Deposit Types
082ENE011 COPKET Showing Cu, Au, Ag Cu skarn, polymetallic veins
082ENE012 ELLSWORTH Showing Cu, Au, Ag Polymetallic veins, breccia
082ENE015 FUKI Developed Prospect U Basal uranium
082ENE030 COLLIER Showing U Basal uranium
082ENE036 BLUE Showing Cu, Au, Ag Unknown
082ENE040 SAND Showing Cu, Pb Unknown
082ENE041 CUP LAKE Developed Prospect U Basal uranium
082ENE046 BLIZZARD Developed Prospect U Basal uranium
082ENE047 LASSIE Showing U Basal uranium
082ENE048 ML Showing Cu, Au, Ag, Mo Polymetallic veins, breccia
082ENE064 CANE 7 Showing Uranium Basal uranium
082ENE074 KET Showing U Basal uranium
082ENE081 GRANO CREEK Prospect Granite, Dimension stone - granite
082ENW046 ROSEMONT Past Producer Au, Ag, Cu Au-quartz veins, polymetallic veins
Lab ID UTME UTMN Method Age (Ma) Reference
13025 360753 5495225 K/Ar Whole rock 4.8 Sun, M., Armstrong, R.L. and Maxwell, R.J. (1991)
13442 360919 5496209 K/Ar Whole rock 4.4 Boyle, D.R. (1982)
13451 361050 5495552 Rb/Sr mineral 99.0 Sun, M., Armstrong, R.L. and Maxwell, R.J. (1991)
13452 361050 5495552 Rb/Sr mineral 646.0 Sun, M., Armstrong, R.L. and Maxwell, R.J. (1991)
13134 361469 5497766 K/Ar Whole rock 5.1 Mathews, W.H. (1988)
12256 362672 5497735 K/Ar Whole rock 5.9 Stevens, R.D., Delabio, R.N. and Lachance, G.R. (1982)
12663 363719 5503408 K/Ar Biotite 56.3 Hunt, P.A. and Roddick, J.C. (1992)
12911 364386 5493984 K/Ar Whole rock 3.6 Mathews, W.H. (1988)
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SOURCES OF DATAGeology
Age Dates
Other
Acknowledgements
AEROMAGNETIC DATA - NTS 082E/10
Extent of mapping by HÖy and DeFields, 2017
Big White Mountain
BluejointMountain
MountCochrane
MountNoren
Mount Tanner
MountArthurs
K E
T T
L E
R
I V
E R
G R
A N
B Y
R
I V
E R
K E
T T
L E
R
I V
E R
Cochrane Creek
Hellroarer Creek
Traverse Creek
Grano Creek
Goa
tski
n C
reek
R e
n d
e l
l C
r e
e k
Copper K
ettle Creek
Sandrif
t Cree
k
JoanLake
CollierLake
Trap
ping
Cre
ek
GRANBY PROVINCIAL
PARK
360000358000m.E.
356000m.E. 390000m.E.
390000m.E.
5486000m
.N.
5486000m
.N.
5510000m
.N.
5512000m
.N.
360000358000
362000
362000
364000
364000
366000
366000
368000
368000
370000
370000
372000
372000
374000
374000
376000
376000
382000
382000
384000
384000
386000
386000
388000
388000
5488000
5488000
5490000
5490000
5492000
5492000
5494000
5494000
5496000
5496000
5498000
5498000
5400000
5400000
5402000
5402000
5404000
5404000
5406000
5406000
5408000
5408000
5410000
378000
378000
380000
380000
K/Ar 5.1
ID: 12025
ID: 12911
ID: 12663
ID: 13442
ID: 13134ID: 12256
ID: 13451/52
K/Ar 5.9
K/Ar 56.3
K/Ar 4.4
K/Ar 3.6
K/Ar 4.8
Rb/Sr 99, 646
KTg
KTg
KTg
KTg
Eg
Eg
Eg
Eg
mJg
mJg
Qal
Qal
Qal
Qal
Epm
Epm
Epm
Ec
Ec
Ec
Ec
Jgd JgdJgd
Pw
Pw
Pw
Epk
Epm1
Epm1
Epm1
Epm1
Pw
Pw
Pk
Pk
Pk
Pk
PkPk
Pk
Pk
Pk
Pk
Pk
Pk
CPa
Pk
Pk
Pk
Pk1
Pk
Ec
Ec
Ec
Ec
Jgd
Pm
Pm
Jgd
Gre
enw
ood F
ault
CENOZOIC QUATERNARY
Qal Alluvium, sand, gravel, till
MIOCENE/PLIOCENE
Pk KALLIS FORMATION: plateau basalt; black to dark green, fine-grained; locally olivine phyric
Pk1 Conglomerate, sandstone, shale
EOCENE
Ec CORYELL: undifferentiated syenite and monzonite
PENTICTON GROUP (Ep):
Epm MARRON FORMATION: alkali basalt, trachyte; locally amygdaloidal, vesicular or porphyritic; well-banded mafic tuff, blocky tephra; minor black or red shale or slate
Epm1 UPPER MARRON: basalt
Epk KETTLE RIVER FORMATION: basal conglomerate, overlain by feldspathic grit, conglomerate, siltstone and rare shale or argillite; typically light coloured and well bedded
Eg Porphyritic granite; coarse-grained with commonly large, pink euhedral K-feldspar crystals
EOCENE/CRETACEOUS?
KTg Granite, locally K-feldspar porphyritic; medium to coarse-grained
MESOZOIC
JURASSIC-TRIASSIC?
Jgd Granodiorite; less commonly quartz diorite; pale green to grey, commonly altered
mJg Granodiorite; locally porphyritic, granite, minor diorite; may include Eg or KTg
PALEOZOIC
CPa ANARCHIST GROUP: undifferentiated metasedimentary and mafic metavolcanic rocks; argillite, silty argillite
Pw WALLACE GROUP: undifferentiated metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks; may include fine-grained, mafic intrusive rocks; siltstone, argillite, mafic tuff, “greenstone”, minor limestone; typically altered and metamorphosed
AGE UNKNOWN
Pm MONASHEE GNEISS: grey biotite granodiorite gneiss; may include orthogneiss and paragneiss
CRANBROOK
82E/13
82L/04
82E/12
82E/05
82E/04
82E/14
82L/03
82E/11
82E/06
82E/03
82E/15
82L/02
82E/10
82E/07
82E/02
82E/16
82L/0
82E/09
82E/08
82E/01
82F/13
82K/04
82F/12
82F/05
82F/04
82F/14
82K/03
82F/11
82F/06
82F/03
82E/13
82L/04
82E/12
82E/05
82E/04
82E/14
82L/03
82E/11
82E/06
82E/03
82E/15
82L/02
82E/10
82E/07
82E/02
82E/16
82L/0
82E/09
82E/08
82E/01
82F/13
82K/04
82F/12
82F/05
82F/04
82F/14
82K/03
82F/11
82F/06
82F/03
Penticton
Greenwood
Rossland
Trail
Castlegar
Nelson
Slocan
NakuspVernon
Kelowna
3
6
49º49º
118º119º
119º 118º
50º50º
SYMBOLS
082ESE066
K/Ar 51.8ID: 12035
9210
CONTACT OF ALLUVIUM ..........................................................
CONTACT: DEFINED, APPROXIMATE, ASSUMED ..................
UNCONFORMITY: DEFINED AND APPROXIMATE ..................
FAULT: DEFINED OR APPROXIMATE / ASSUMED...................
NORMAL FAULT: DEFINED OR APPROXIMATE / ASSUMED...
FAULT .........................................................................................
BEDDING ....................................................................................
FOLIATION, CLEAVAGE ............................................................
JOINT ..........................................................................................
VEIN ...........................................................................................
DYKE ..........................................................................................
MINERAL OCCURRENCE (MINFILE NUMBER) ......................
K/Ar and Rb/Sr AGE DATES (Ma) ..............................................
RGS STREAM SITE (ID NUMBER & AU/AG/CU/PB) ................
FOREST SERVICE ROAD: ACTIVE, UNKNOWN .....................
PARK BOUNDARY ....................................................................
[Au ppb\Ag ppb\Cu ppm\Pb ppm]
Base Mapping and Geomatic Services - B.C. Government
Natural Resources Canada, Centre for Topographic Information
National Topographic Data Base (NTDB)URL http://www.geogratis.ca
Canadian Digital Elevation Data (CDED)URL http://www.geobase.ca
BASE MAP INFORMATION
NORTH AMERICAN DATUM 1983
UTM ZONE 11
TRANSVERSE MERCATOR PROJECTION
APPROXIMATE MEAN DECLINATION 2016
FOR CENTRE OF MAP 82E/10,
ANNUAL CHANGE DECREASING 8.6º.
Mag
neti
c N
ort
h
T.N.15º 17' E
0 1 2 3 4 5
GEOLOGY of the
CHRISTIAN VALLEY MAP SHEET
NTS 082E/10
SCALE 1:50 000
Geology and Compilation by Trygve Höy
Cartography by Wayne Jackaman
KILOMETRES
GEOSCIENCE BC MAP 2017-10
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