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File Created: 30-Jul-1997 by Keith J. Mountjoy (KJM)
Last Edit:  01-Jan-0001 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)

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NMI
Name EAGLE RIDGE Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092I012
Status Showing NTS Map 092I04E
Latitude 050º 08' 23'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 42' 52'' Northing 5554957
Easting 591863
Commodities Talc Deposit Types M07 : Ultramafic-hosted talc-magnesite
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Bridge River
Capsule Geology

The Eagle Ridge showing is located at the eastern end of Eagle Ridge, near the confluence of North Kwoiek Creek with Kwoiek Creek and 3.25 kilometres south-southwest of Klowa Mountain.

The claim was first staked when talc exposures were identified in roadcuts adjacent to North Kwoiek Creek. The exploration work carried out by Ismay Associates Inc. is the first known on the property. The claim was staked on the basis of its potential for an economic talc deposit.

Regionally, the Eagle Ridge showing is underlain by lower greenschist facies metamorphosed phyllite and schist of the Paleozoic and/or Mesozoic Bridge River Complex. Granodiorite of the Late Cretaceous Scuzzy pluton occurs to the immediate east of the showing.

The main rock types at the Eagle Ridge showing is medium to dark green-grey phyllite, which strikes southeast and dips near vertical to the southwest. The phyllite hosts talc discovered on the claim. The talc is platy, light to dark greyish green and weathers buff to brown. Serpentinite is associated with the talc mineralization. The talc zones are very narrow, ranging from several centimetres up to 5 metres width .

In 1992, three grab samples were taken and submitted for XRD analysis of talc, tremolite, serpentine and chlorite. The results, in per cent, are given below (Assessment Report 22632):

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Sample# Talc Tremolite Serpentine Chlorite

87701 65 18 0 17

87702 7 0 93 7

87703 26 24 0 50

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The initial prospecting on the property has not identified any significant zones of talc mineralization. The zones discovered to date are very narrow and are exposed along a roadcut.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *22632
EMPR OF 1988-19; 1995-25
GSC MAP 42-1989; 1010A; 1386A
GSC MEM 262
GSC OF 980
GSC P 46-8; 47-10; 90-1E

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