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MINFILE No  092JNE112
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  06-Aug-2009 by Sarah Meredith-Jones (SMJ)

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NMI 092J16,15, O2 Asb1
Name SHULAPS MTN, HAMIL Mining Division Lillooet
BCGS Map 092J098
Status Showing NTS Map 092J16W
Latitude 050º 57' 30'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 29' 55'' Northing 5645311
Easting 535214
Commodities Chrysotile, Asbestos Deposit Types M06 : Ultramafic-hosted asbestos
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Bridge River
Capsule Geology

The Shulaps Mountain asbestos prospect is located at the headwaters of Retaskit Creek, 3.6 kilometres east of Shulaps Peak. The asbestos, intermediate between chrysotile and picrolite, is within serpentinite of the Permian and older Shulaps Ultramafic Complex. The asbestos occurs along fractures in the serpentinite forming fibres up to 15 centimetres long; it's extent is very limited.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 19599
EMPR BULL 32, p. 54
EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 93-130; 1988, pp. 145-151; 1989, pp. 45-72;
1990, pp. 75-83
EMPR OF 1990-10; 1995-25
CMH 1953, p.87; 1954, p. 87
EMPR PFD 673461, 673462
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