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observations were not made in the field and it cannot be affirmed that the
accretions are thus limited in their distribution, although this was the
impression received. It is thought that the accretions originated with
the enclosing sediments and that the hematite occurring in seams and
veins as replacements of the strata formed much later, after the strata
had been penetrated by the dyke and after the formation of the quartz
veins. But since the quartz veins and the presumably later formed
hematite seem to be intimately associated, it seems probable that they
are also associated in origin.

ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS

No body of ore of sufficient size and purity to warrant development
work is exposed on the Goliath or Hematite mining locations, nor is there
apparent any valid reason for supposing any such body to be present
either beneath the surface or at the surface but concealed from view.

One small mass of ore, apparently of merchantable quality, occurs
on the ridge summit near the western border of the Goliath claim at locality
A. This mass is 8 feet wide and is exposed for about the same length.
Its boundaries are visible on all sides except towards the west. It may
extend some distance in that direction down the steep drift and talus-
covered, southwest slope of the mountain. A very slight amount of trench-
ing would be sufficient to determine whether or no the body does extend in
this direction. This body occurs on the edge of a dyke running eastward
along the northeast mountain slope. The dyke is exposed for a short
distance between localities A and B and again at locality C, elsewhere the
dyke is drift-covered. Along its exposed edges the strata for a variable
distance, never more than a few feet, carry hematite, but nowhere is there
merchantable ore either as regards quantity or quality. On the southwest
slopes, in the vicinity of localities D and E, a small number of shallow
trenches expose strata which for thicknesses of a few inches are of tolerably
pure hematite but nowhere is anything exposed that is worthy of being
called ore.

A part, if not all, of the hematite occurs in veins, seams, and as
replacements of the sediments, especially in the vicinity of the dyke. It
is possible that elsewhere in the district comparatively large bodies of
merchantable ore may have formed in this fashion. A number of years
ago the discovery of a body of hematite said to be 10 feet thick was reported
from Dibble creek, a tributary from the north to Bull river. Stories are
current in the district of the occurrence of hematite on other tributaries
of Bull river, but no precise information was received as to the position
of any of these rumoured occurrences.

(42 b) Sand Creek Iron Ore Deposit
(See Figure 26)

LOCATION

The Sand Creek iron ore deposits occur in the valley of Sand
creck in Fort Steele mining division, southeastern British Columbia.
Sand creek flows in a general southerly direction and enters Kootenay
river from the east. The main branch of the stream crosses the Crows
Nest branch of the Canadian Pacific railway about one mile east of Gallo-