Silver Dollar project, Revelstoke Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadai

Regional Level Types
Silver Dollar project	Project
Revelstoke Mining Division	Division
British Columbia	Province
Canada	Country

The Silver Dollar property is located on the east side of Mohawk Creek, about 7 kilometres east-southeast of the abandoned settlement of Cambourne, or 10 kilometres north-northeast of the community of Trout Lake, British Columbia, on the west flank of Mt. Pool.
Further comments by Giles Peatfield for the locality:
The Silver Dollar project covers a number of mineral occurrences and old mines, of which the Silver Dollar is the most important and is the subject of this review. Other claims in the area are OLD ABE, CARBONATE HILL, SILVER PASS, IRON DOLLAR, SILVER CROWN, GOLD DOLLAR and ANDY. See also British Columbia “Minfile” occurrences IRON DOLLAR (082KNW 136) and ETHEL (082KNW 059).
The following quotation is from the British Columbia “Minfile” page for SILVER DOLLAR, current to 2020.
“The property lies within the historical Camborne gold-silver mining camp and includes several historical past-producing mines and developed prospects. The property covers a 9-kilometre portion of a 40-kilometre-long structure containing other past producers and developed prospects of silver, gold, lead and zinc. An access road crosses the length of the property, which also contains an historical aerial ore tram and mill site.
Silver-lead-zinc ores are typical of the central belt and occurrences to the northeast. The ore minerals are mainly pyrite, galena, sphalerite and smaller amounts of chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. Silver is the most important commodity; it occurs in argentiferous tetrahedrite, galena and, less commonly, as native silver. Gold is present in small quantities and is rarely seen as native gold or electrum. Quartz is the dominant gangue mineral; however, carbonates such as ankerite, calcite and/or dolomite are significant gangue components in some veins. The deposits are characterized by open-space fillings with limited wall rock replacement. In a few places where replacement is important, carbonate gangue is relatively abundant. Gold can occur with either dominantly pyrite-bearing mineralized zones or with base metals and silver values.”
Comments by Giles Peatfield regarding one of the minerals reported:
Tetrahedrite: Gunning (1929) noted that “The old mill . . . certainly must have lost most of the grey copper [tetrahedrite] which evidently carries a large percentage of the silver.” Several assays for silver have been reported, some over 200 grams per tonne, but there are no detailed data available to determine where, or in what form, the silver occurs.
Although they are not specifically reported at the Silver Dollar Mine, Chapman (2021) noted that chalcopyrite and native silver were found in the general area, and given the grades obtained in assaying, it seems likely that gold would be observed if microscopic examination were undertaken.

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Link to British Columbia Minfile:	082KNW101

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