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MINFILE No  092JNE116
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  14-Jan-1992 by Mary McLean (MM)

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Name APPLESPRING CREEK Mining Division Lillooet
BCGS Map 092J090
Status Showing NTS Map 092J16E
Latitude 050º 48' 45'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 02' 30'' Northing 5629412
Easting 567516
Commodities Jade/Nephrite, Gemstones Deposit Types K09 : Wollastonite skarn
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Bridge River
Capsule Geology

The deposit is described as "semi-nephrite" or non-commercial type. The deposit is 45 to 60 centimetres wide consisting of pale green to grey waxy nephrite occurring as sheared lenses, nodules and layers in sheared tremolite within a pronounced fault in serpenti- nite. The showing is within the Yalakom fault zone and lies southwest of the main body of Permian and older Shulaps Ultramafic Complex.

Bibliography
EMPR FIELDWORK 1974, p. 35; 1985, pp. 303-310; 1986, pp. 23-29; 1987, pp. 93-130; 1988, pp. 105-152; 1989, pp. 45-72; 1990, pp. 75-83
EMPR OF 1987-11; 1988-3; 1989-4; 1990-10
EMPR PF (Holland, S.S. (1962): Jade in British Columbia)
GSC OF 482
GSC P 78-19
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