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File Created: 03-Mar-1987 by Brian Grant (BG)
Last Edit:  11-Sep-1991 by Brian Grant (BG)

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Name MISSION MOUNTAIN Mining Division Lillooet
BCGS Map 092J079
Status Showing NTS Map 092J09E
Latitude 050º 44' 00'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 14' 05'' Northing 5620450
Easting 554006
Commodities Magnesite Deposit Types M07 : Ultramafic-hosted talc-magnesite
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Bridge River
Capsule Geology

Several bodies of magnesite or carbonatized serpentine are reported on claims staked by a Mr. J.J. Devitt on Mission Mountain about 1940. They are supposedly within a three kilometre radius of Shalalth, British Columbia. The serpentinite is probably related to the Permian and older Shulaps Ultramafic Complex.

The largest body is in the order of 244 by 61 metres and is oxidized to a maximum depth of 1 to 3 centimetres. Samples assay about 3 per cent lime, 0.13 per cent iron and 40 per cent magnesite (Open File 1987-13). The magnesite carries unaltered chromite as grains or small accumulations.

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, *1987-13, p. 38; 1988-3; 1989-4; 1990-10
EMPR PF (Correspondence)
GSC OF 482

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