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)

Boyle, D.R. (1982): The formation of basal-type Uranium deposits in south central British Columbia; Economic Geology, Vol 77, p. 1176–1209.

Hunt, P.A. and Roddick, J.C. (1992): A compilation of K-Ar ages: Report 21, Radiogenic Age and Isotopic Studies, Report 5, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 91-2, p. 207–261.

Mathews, W.H. (1988): Neogene geology of the Okanagan Highland, British Columbia; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol 25, p. 725–731.

Stevens, R.D., Delabio, R.N. and Lachance, G.R. (1982): Age determinations and geological studies, K-Ar isotopic ages, Report 15, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 81-2.

Sun, M., Armstrong, R.L. and Maxwell, R.J. (1991): Proterozoic mantle under Quesnellia; variably reset Rb-Sr mineral isochrons in ultramafic nodules carried up in Cenozoic volcanic vents of the southern Omineca Belt; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol 28, p. 1239–1253.

Christopher, P.A. (1978): Geology of the East Okanagan Uranium area (Kelowna to Beaverdell), south-central British Columbia; BC Ministry of Energy and Mines, Preliminary Map 29.

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Nicoll, L. (1980): Diamond drilling report on Done, Fuki mineral claims, Greenwood Mining Division, and aerial photography on PB and Donen 361 mineral claims, Osoyoos, Vernon and Greenwood Mining divisions; B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines, Assessment report 8105.

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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

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GRANBY PROVINCIAL

PARK

360000358000m.E.

356000m.E. 390000m.E.

390000m.E.

5486000m

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5486000m

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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

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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

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6

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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.

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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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