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File Created: 03-Nov-1993 by George Owsiacki (GO)
Last Edit:  07-Apr-2010 by Sarah Meredith-Jones (SMJ)

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NMI
Name BOW BARITE, BOW, APOLLO Mining Division Cariboo
BCGS Map 093H052
Status Prospect NTS Map 093H12E
Latitude 053º 35' 57'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 39' 38'' Northing 5939760
Easting 588639
Commodities Barite Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Slide Mountain, Cariboo
Capsule Geology

At the Bow occurrence, approximately 5 metres of grey bedded barite occurs within shale of the Antler Formation of the Upper Paleozoic to Upper Triassic Slide Mountain Group. The contact of the barite and shale strikes 140 degrees and dips 72 degrees southwest with tops to the southwest.

A section through the barite showing from bottom to top is as follows: 5 metres of bedded barite; a rusty 30 centimetre band of interbedded barite and shale; 20 centimetres of rusty, black shale with graphite and occasional barite; 15 centimetres of a black earthy band; and at the top, graphitic shale with rusty stains (D. Hora, personal communication, 1993).

In 1999, Ronald MacArthur staked the property as the Apollo and conducted geological and geochemical surveys in 2002. Tiger Ridge Resources Ltd optioned the property in 2005 and conducted drilling of six holes in 2006.

The showing was found on the basis of a Regional Geochemistry Survey (J. Nebocat, personal communication, 1993).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 14999, 23339, 23887, 26357, 26956, 28475
EMPR OF 2000-22
EMPR PF (*Property description and location maps)
GSC MAP 1424A; 1356A
GSC MEM 421
GSC OF 1215
GSC P 68-1A, pp. 14-23; 72-35
EMPR PFD 15019

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