Geology of the Equity Silver Mine area,
central British Columbia
(NTS 093L/01W)
BCMEMPR Open File
2007-09
Geological Compilation by Dani J. Alldrick
Geology by Dani Alldrick, Rob Pease and Andre Panteleyev
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Open File 2007-9
Map (PDF, 4.6 MB)
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OF2007-9-Equity
Mine Map (ZIP, 2.8 MB; MANIFOLD GIS digital file)
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Complete
Project Package (ZIP, 37 MB)
The
Equity Silver Mine map area covers 60 square kilometres southeast of Houston
in central British Columbia. Open File 2007-9 is a 1:20 000-scale geology
geological map based on fieldwork conducted during 2006 combined with
compilation from earlier industry mapping programs. The map area profiles
areas underlain by volcanic, volcaniclastic and sedimentary rocks of the
Mount Ney Volcanics, part of the early to middle Cretaceous Skeena Group.
The
dacite units within this volcano-sedimentary succession hosts the four
precious-metal orebodies at the past-producing Equity Silver Mine plus four
similar and adjacent mineral prospects.
Field
and laboratory studies indicate that all deposits are contemporaneous with
their hostrock succession. Regionally extensive correlative strata have been
only partially explored for similar deposits (see
Open File 2007-8).
This
geology map is available in PDF format for printing. The digital files
include the map in GIS format (Manifold GIS), as well as complementary
report, poster and lecture files, plus a comprehensive bibliography of
reports and maps on the geology of the Equity Silver Mine area.
