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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  22-Feb-2013 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI 092L5 Fe2
Name IRON QUEEN, IRON BUNKER, IRON KING, HIGH GILL, KIM, GKS, FECU, CUFE Mining Division Nanaimo
BCGS Map 092L042
Status Showing NTS Map 092L05E
Latitude 050º 25' 19'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 38' 21'' Northing 5586431
Easting 596669
Commodities Magnetite, Iron Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell, Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The Iron Queen magnetite occurrences are located on K Creek, a tributary of Klootchlimmis Creek.

The area is primarily underlain by northwest striking, south west moderately dipping lower to middle Bonanza volcanics and Island Intrusives. The area east of the magnetite showings are generally underlain by lower Bonanza volcanics which exhibit pillow lavas, amygdaloidal and massive basalt and andesite flows and breccias. These rocks grade upward to the west into intraformational breccias, andesites and dacites grading into sub-aerial maroon andesites. To the north, rocks are mainly Island Instrusives.

The occurrence consists of two showings 100 metres apart. Limited exposure suggests 2 distinct replacement bands of magnetite mineralization, striking northwest and dipping steeply west, at the contact of monzonite with Bonanza Group andesite and andesitic tuff, and possibly altered limestone. The magnetite is massive, grading an estimated 80 to 90 per cent, to 50 per cent, mixed as stringers and small lenses with volcanic rocks (Geological Survey of Canada Economic Geology Series 3, Vol. 1, page 238). Minor skarn minerals and calcite are present, and pyrite is disseminated throughout.

At the eastern occurrence, the magnetite is 2.9 metres wide (including a 0.8 metre unmineralized andesite band) and occurs at an andesite-monzonite contact. The massive magnetite contains un-replaced rock fragments and is rusty weathering. The mineralization 100 metres to the west has been exposed over 6 by 12 metres in silicified fine-grained andesite or andesitic tuff, striking northwest and dipping west.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 2731, 28418, 30993
EMPR GEM 1970-272
EMPR PF (*Leighton, D.G., (1974): Report on Exploration in Mahatta River Area, Brinco in 092L 230 - Les)
GSC ANN RPT 1886
GSC BULL 172; 242
GSC EC GEOL Series 3, Vol.1, p. 236
GSC MAP 4-1974; 255A; 1552A
GSC OF 9; 170; 463
GSC P 69-1A; 70-1A; 71-36; 72-44; 74-8
GSC SUM RPT 1918B
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