Appendix C - Cariboo Study Area Placer Mine Site Descriptions

 

Site 1 – Cunningham Creek Mine

The mine is located on the east side of Cunningham Creek, just upstream from its confluence with Cunningham Pass Creek. Several shafts and drifts were constucted to mine paleochannel gravels in bedrock lows. The mine has been active since at least 1926.

 

Site 2 – Cunningham Creek

The mine is located on the west side of Cunningham Creek, approximately 20 metres above river level. The mine was historically very active, and at one time supported as many as 300 miners. Most of the gold was mined along the valley bottom in a buried paleochannel located about 100 metres from the current channel of Cunningham Creek. The modern mine is located near the valley bottom, and most gold is extracted from areas below small paleogulches or in lows areas in the bedrock on the valley side.

 

Site 3 – Snowshoe Creek

The Snowshoe Creek mining area was historically one of the most productive placer operations in the region. Exploration for lode deposits in the Keithley and Snowshoe creeks area is still active. Extraction and exploration has been undertaken consistently since 1874. Placer exploration in recent years has concentrated on systems that parallel Snowshoe, French Snowshoe and Keithley Creeks. A drilling program was conducted in the area in the mid 1980s.

 

Site 4 – Four Mile Creek Mine (Keithley Creek)

This property is located along a buried paleochannel that roughly parallels Keithley Creek. The modern operation is located at the head of a pit near the mouth of Four Mile Creek. There are historical sluices and wingdam structures in the base of the pit, and some gold has been recovered by underground mining in the past. Mining has been extensive, and the stream channel is seriously impacted.

 

Site 5 – Cariboo River Property

The Cariboo River Property mine is located on a series of terraces along the Cariboo River, directly downstream from its confluence with Spanish Creek. Gold has been extracted from most of the terraces, and at various other sites in the area. Current exploration enterprises are concentrating on the upper terraces.

 

Site 6 – Spanish Mountain (McKeown Mine)

The property is located on the northwest side of Spanish Mountain, about 8 kilometres east of Likely. The mine is in a north-trending buried valley. Bedrock rims rise on both sides of the mine, and are covered only by till. The mine has been operated since 1927, and mechanization occurred in 1981.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix D - Blank IWAP Data Entry and Calculation Spreadsheet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix E - Forest Cover Statistics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix F - Cunningham Creek Watershed IWAP Data Sheet and Map with Overlays

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix G - Harveys Creek Watershed IWAP Data Sheet and Map with Overlays

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix H - Keithley Creek Watershed IWAP Data Sheet and Map with Overlays

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix I - Kimball Creek Watershed IWAP Data Sheet and Map with Overlays

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix J - Little River Watershed IWAP Data Sheet and Map with Overlays

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix K - Matthew River Watershed IWAP Data Sheet and Map with Overlays

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix L - Rollie Creek Watershed IWAP Data Sheet and Map with Overlays

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix M - Seller Creek Watershed IWAP Data Sheet and Map with Overlays

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix M - Spanish Creek Watershed IWAP Data Sheet and Map with Overlays