Barkerville Terrane, Cariboo Lake to Wells: A New Look at Stratigraphy, Structure and Regional Correlations of the Snowshoe Group
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The area underlain by the Barkerville Terrane has an important exploration and mining history dating from the discovery of placer gold on Keithley Creek in 1860. Placer gold production peaked in the 1860s, but continues at a modest scale to the present time. Lode gold production came mainly from the Wells mining camp, located near some of the richest placer streams in the district, between 1933 and 1987. The more recent discoveries of the Ace and Frank Creek occurrences near Cariboo Lake has attracted attention to the massive sulphide potential of the Barkerville Terrane, whereas the discovery of high-grade gold mineralization within the Bonanza Ledge zone in March 2000 rejuvenated interest in the lode-gold potential of the Wells mining camp.
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