STEVENS GULCH MINE

(Location No. 10, Figure 7)

This site is located on the south side of a small creek occupying Stevens Gulch, about 100 metres vertically above the road along Antler Creek. Exposed sections occur within the active mine on the southeast side of the valley wall (e.g., Figure 19B). The mining operation exploits rem­nant buried-gulch deposits. Gold-bearing, sandy pebble gravels (Unit 2, Section 9010, Appendix B) overlie bedrock and have recently been mined with estimated yields of ap­proximately 10 grams of gold per cubic metre. Nuggets weighing 5 to 15 grams are common. The largest observed was about 60 grams. Most of the coarse nuggets were subangular to rounded with few being well rounded.

Similar remnant gold-bearing gravel and debris-flow deposits may exist elsewhere along Stevens Gulch. Explo­ration should follow the bedrock contact both upslope and downslope of previously mined areas and closer to the sides of the creek. In addition, the area has potential for undiscov­ered buried-gulch channels that may be parallel or oblique to the modern Stevens Gulch channel.