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(46 j) Other Gordon River Deposits

Several minor deposits of magnetite have been found along and close
to Gordon river, particularly along the lower parts of its course. Some of
these are found along a ridge near Deakin’s ranch about 2 miles from the
mouth of the river; others are found and have been staked in the
vicinity of Baden creek, a tributary of Gordon river.

None of these was sufficiently important to warrant detailed investi-
gation, as little or no work has been done on them. They are not further
described in this report.

(46 k) Harris Creek Deposits
LOCATION

Harris creek flows in a southerly direction and enters the westerly
flowing San Juan river about 6 miles above its mouth, or about 15 miles
from tidewater. Three claims are Crown-granted, numbered, 519, 520,
and 521, and designated as follows: Tally Nos. 1, 2, and 3.

The deposits are difficult of access at the present time, as sufficient
development had never been done on them to warrant the construction of
a trail. From the mouth of Gordon river, a logging railway crosses to San
Juan river and leads to a logging camp at the mouth of Harris creek.
From this point the claims may be reached by a 9-mile traverse over a
dilapidated trail, trap lines, and the bouldery bed of a creek.

The claims cover the north side of a steeply sloping hill at elevations
of 1,200 to 1,900 feet above Harris creek, or 2,000 to 2,700 feet above sea-
level. The hill-side is well timbered with cedar, Douglas fir, hemlock, and
balsam.

HISTORY AND OWNERSHIP

The deposits were discovered previous to 1910, and were at that time
owned by Messrs. Godman and Bentley. They have since reverted to the
Provincial Government.

GEOLOGY

The country rocks are diorite in intrusive contact along irregular
boundaries with crystalline limestone. In places the limestone was

observed to be cut by tongues of diorite, which have here and there metam-
orphosed it to nearly solid garnet.

OCCURRENCE OF THE MAGNETITE

There is considerable magnetite float lying along the hill-side, and, in
some cases, blocks of solid magnetite up to 2 or 3 feet in longest dimension
were found. Magnetite mixed with contact silicates (garnet, epidote,
etc.) and some pyrite is exposed on a face 10 feet high and 10 feet long,
underlying limestone, near the southwest end of the boundary between
claims 520 and 521. No body of solid magnetite in place could be found.

The summit of the hill was followed in an easterly and westerly direct-
ion for some distance, but the only exposures noticed were of limestone.
Claim No. 521 was traversed by a series of sections, but the contacts of
limestone and diorite observed were all barren except for the occurrence
noted above.

The magnetite found as float was dense, black, free from impurities
and was of a much better grade than that observed in place.