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1 Christian Valley Geology 358000m.E. 360000 362000 364000 366000 368000 370000 372000 374000 376000 378000 380000 382000 384000 386000 388000 390000m.E. Big White Mountain Pm CPa 5512000m.N. Pm GEOSCIENCE BC MAP 2017-10 5510000m.N. Jgd GEOLOGY of the 5410000 Goatskin Creek CHRISTIAN VALLEY MAP SHEET KTg 5408000 Eg Pk NTS 082E/10 Mount 5408000 Arthurs SCALE 1:50 000 Qal 0 1 2 3 4 5 5406000 Pk Copper Kettle Creek Ec KILOMETRES Geology and Compilation by Trygve Höy 5406000 GRANBY Pk Cartography by Wayne Jackaman PROVINCIAL Extent of mapping by HÖy and DeFields, 2017 5404000 R e n d e l l C r e e k PARK LEGEND CENOZOIC QUATERNARY ID: 12663 Epm K/Ar 56.3 Qal Alluvium, sand, gravel, till 5404000 Pw MIOCENE/PLIOCENE E R 5402000 Pk KALLIS FORMATION: plateau basalt; black to dark green, fine-grained; locally olivine phyric Pk1 Conglomerate, sandstone, shale Cochrane Creek Mount EOCENE Tanner Ec CORYELL: undifferentiated syenite and monzonite T EL R IV Eg T 5402000 mJg KTg PENTICTON GROUP (Ep): K E Epm MARRON FORMATION: alkali basalt, trachyte; locally amygdaloidal, vesicular or porphyritic; well-banded mafic tuff, blocky tephra; minor black or red shale or slate 5400000 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 5400000 Trapping Creek Eg Porphyritic granite; coarse-grained with commonly large, pink euhedral K-feldspar crystals Mount Cochrane EOCENE/CRETACEOUS? Pk 5498000 KTg Granite, locally K-feldspar porphyritic; medium to coarse-grained ID: 12256 ID: 13134 K/Ar 5.9 MESOZOIC K/Ar 5.1 Sandrift Creek JURASSIC-TRIASSIC? 5498000 Qal mJg Jgd Granodiorite; less commonly quartz diorite; pale green to grey, commonly altered 5496000 mJg Granodiorite; locally porphyritic, granite, minor diorite; may include Eg or KTg ID: 13442 K/Ar 4.4 Pk1 PALEOZOIC Pk ID: 13451/52 Rb/Sr 99, 646 CPa ANARCHIST GROUP: undifferentiated metasedimentary and mafic metavolcanic rocks; argillite, 5496000 Joan silty argillite Lake ID: 12025 Pw WALLACE GROUP: undifferentiated metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks; may include K/Ar 4.8 Pk Epm fine-grained, mafic intrusive rocks; siltstone, argillite, mafic tuff, “greenstone”, minor limestone; Pk Hellroarer Creek 5494000 Greenwood Fault typically altered and metamorphosed ID: 12911 Eg K/Ar 3.6 Pk AGE UNKNOWN V E R Ec Pm MONASHEE GNEISS: grey biotite granodiorite gneiss; may include orthogneiss and paragneiss 5494000 Ec R I Y SYMBOLS BASE MAP INFORMATION N B 5492000 Ec A CONTACT OF ALLUVIUM .......................................................... Pk CONTACT: DEFINED, APPROXIMATE, ASSUMED .................. NORTH AMERICAN DATUM 1983 G R UNCONFORMITY: DEFINED AND APPROXIMATE .................. UTM ZONE 11 Epm1 TRANSVERSE MERCATOR PROJECTION FAULT: DEFINED OR APPROXIMATE / ASSUMED................... NORMAL FAULT: DEFINED OR APPROXIMATE / ASSUMED... T.N. Pk 15º 17' E 5492000 Pk FAULT ......................................................................................... KTg BEDDING .................................................................................... Mount FOLIATION, CLEAVAGE ............................................................ Epm1 5490000 Noren Bluejoint JOINT .......................................................................................... Magnetic North Mountain Ec Pk Grano Creek VEIN ........................................................................................... Ec DYKE .......................................................................................... APPROXIMATE MEAN DECLINATION 2016 Pk Epm1 FOR CENTRE OF MAP 82E/10, ANNUAL CHANGE DECREASING 8.6º. MINERAL OCCURRENCE (MINFILE NUMBER) ...................... 082ESE066 5490000 Pk ID: 12035 K/Ar and Rb/Sr AGE DATES (Ma) .............................................. K/Ar 51.8 National Topographic Data Base (NTDB) URL http://www.geogratis.ca RGS STREAM SITE (ID NUMBER & AU/AG/CU/PB) ................ 9210 Natural Resources Canada, Centre for Topographic Information Qal [Au ppb\Ag ppb\Cu ppm\Pb ppm] T L E R I V E R Canadian Digital Elevation Data (CDED) 5488000 T FOREST SERVICE ROAD: ACTIVE, UNKNOWN ..................... URL http://www.geobase.ca Pw PARK BOUNDARY .................................................................... Base Mapping and Geomatic Services - B.C. Government K E T Pw raverse Creek Ec KTg 119º 118º Eg Vernon Nakusp 5488000 Pw Pk 82L/04 82L/03 82L/02 82L/0 82K/04 82K/03 Epm Epm1 50º 50º 6 Collier 5486000m.N. 82E/13 Lake Kelowna 82E/14 82E/15 82E/16 82F/13 82F/14 Slocan 82E/12 82E/11 82E/10 82E/09 82F/12 82F/11 Ec Penticton Pk Nelson Epk 82E/05 5486000m.N. Jgd 82E/06 82E/07 82E/08 82F/05 82F/06 Jgd Jgd Castlegar Jgd Qal Rossland Pw 82E/04 82E/02 82F/04 CRANBROOK 82E/03 82E/01 82F/03 Greenwood Trail 360000 362000 3 356000m.E. 358000 364000 366000 368000 370000 372000 374000 376000 378000 380000 382000 384000 386000 388000 390000m.E. 49º 49º 119º 118º SOURCES OF DATA AEROMAGNETIC DATA - NTS 082E/10 Geology MINFILE Christopher, P.A. (1978): Geology of the East Okanagan Uranium area (Kelowna to Beaverdell), south- MINFILE Names Status Commodities Deposit Types central British Columbia; BC Ministry of Energy and Mines, Preliminary Map 29. 082ENE011 COPKET Showing Cu, Au, Ag Cu skarn, polymetallic veins Höy, T. and DeFields, G. (2017): Geology of the northern extension of the Rock Creek graben, Christian 082ENE012 ELLSWORTH Showing Cu, Au, Ag Polymetallic veins, breccia Valley map area, southern British Columbia (NTS 082E/10); in Geoscience BC Summary of Activities 2016, Report 2017-1, URL< http://www.geosciencebc.com/i/pdf/SummaryofActivities2016/SoA2016_Hoy.pdf > 082ENE015 FUKI Developed Prospect U Basal uranium [November 2017]. 082ENE030 COLLIER Showing U Basal uranium Little, H.W. (1957): Kettle River (East half); Geological Survey of Canada, Map 6-1957, scale 1:253 440. 082ENE036 BLUE Showing Cu, Au, Ag Unknown Massey, N.W.D. and Duffy, A. (2008): Geology and mineralization of the area east of Beaverdell, British 082ENE040 SAND Showing Cu, Pb Unknown Columbia: BC Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open file 2008-9. 082ENE041 CUP LAKE Developed Prospect U Basal uranium McCandless, P. and Hughes B. (1977): Assessment report: combined geological and geochemical survey on the CL#1, Dell and State mineral claims; B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines, Assessment report 082ENE046 BLIZZARD Developed Prospect U Basal uranium 6319. 082ENE047 LASSIE Showing U Basal uranium Nicoll, L. (1980): Diamond drilling report on Done, Fuki mineral claims, Greenwood Mining Division, 082ENE048 ML Showing Cu, Au, Ag, Mo Polymetallic veins, breccia and aerial photography on PB and Donen 361 mineral claims, Osoyoos, Vernon and Greenwood 082ENE064 CANE 7 Showing Uranium Basal uranium Mining divisions; B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines, Assessment report 8105. 082ENE074 KET Showing U Basal uranium Okuno, T. (1972): The Diamond drilling report on Donen mineral claims; BC Ministry of Energy and Mines, Assessment Report 3775. 082ENE081 GRANO CREEK Prospect Granite, Dimension stone - granite Tempelman-Kluit, D. J. (1989): Geology, Penticton, British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Map 082ENW046 ROSEMONT Past Producer Au, Ag, Cu Au-quartz veins, polymetallic veins 1736A, scale 1:250 000. Whiting, F.B. (1991): Geological sampling report, Copket Group, Copperkettle Creek; B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines, Assessment report 21534. AGE DATES Age Dates Lab ID UTME UTMN Method Age (Ma) Reference Boyle, D.R. (1982): The formation of basal-type Uranium deposits in south central British Columbia; Economic Geology, Vol 77, p. 1176–1209. 13025 360753 5495225 K/Ar Whole rock 4.8 Sun, M., Armstrong, R.L. and Maxwell, R.J. (1991) Large exposure of the Marron Formation within the Rock Creek graben on the Hunt, P.A. and Roddick, J.C. (1992): A compilation of K-Ar ages: Report 21, Radiogenic Age and Isotopic Other 13442 360919 5496209 K/Ar Whole rock 4.4 Boyle, D.R. (1982) east shore of the Kettle River. Studies, Report 5, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 91-2, p. 207–261. 13451 361050 5495552 Rb/Sr mineral 99.0 Sun, M., Armstrong, R.L. and Maxwell, R.J. (1991) BC Geological Survey (2016): MINFILE BC mineral deposits database; BC Ministry of Energy and Mathews, W.H. (1988): Neogene geology of the Okanagan Highland, British Columbia; Canadian Journal Mines, BC Geological Survey, URL <http://Minfile.ca/> [September 2011]. (update Sept 2016 13452 361050 5495552 Rb/Sr mineral 646.0 Sun, M., Armstrong, R.L. and Maxwell, R.J. (1991) Acknowledgements of Earth Sciences, Vol 25, p. 725–731. with date of data download) 13134 361469 5497766 K/Ar Whole rock 5.1 Mathews, W.H. (1988) Stevens, R.D., Delabio, R.N. and Lachance, G.R. (1982): Age determinations and geological studies, K-Ar G.M. DeFields is thanked for her assistance in the field. Canadian Aeromagnetic Data Base (2010): Geoscience Data Repository, Geological Survey of Canada, 12256 362672 5497735 K/Ar Whole rock 5.9 Stevens, R.D., Delabio, R.N. and Lachance, G.R. (1982) isotopic ages, Report 15, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 81-2. Earth Sciences Sector, Natural Resources Canada, Government of Canada. 12663 363719 5503408 K/Ar Biotite 56.3 Hunt, P.A. and Roddick, J.C. (1992) Geoscience BC is an independent, non-profit organization that generates earth science in collaboration with First Nations, local communities, Sun, M., Armstrong, R.L. and Maxwell, R.J. (1991): Proterozoic mantle under Quesnellia; variably reset government, academia and the resource sector. Our independent earth science enables informed resource management decisions and attracts Rb-Sr mineral isochrons in ultramafic nodules carried up in Cenozoic volcanic vents of the southern Jackaman, W. (2010): QUEST-South Project Sample Reanalysis; Geoscience BC, Report 2010-4, 4 p., 12911 364386 5493984 K/Ar Whole rock 3.6 Mathews, W.H. (1988) investment and jobs. Geoscience BC gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Province of British Columbia. Omineca Belt; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol 28, p. 1239–1253. URL <http://www.geosciencebc.com/s/2010-004.asp> [November 2016]..
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