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File Created: 10-Mar-1992 by Ron McMillan (RHM)
Last Edit:  30-Mar-2021 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI
Name SUNSET, MICA PEAK Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 094C047
Status Showing NTS Map 094C07E
Latitude 056º 29' 25'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 124º 40' 57'' Northing 6261917
Easting 396404
Commodities Mica Deposit Types O03 : Muscovite pegmatite
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Cassiar, Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

The Sunset mica occurrence is located on the southeast side of Mount Henri, 80 kilometres north of the community of Germansen Landing.

Hostrocks are pegmatites within mica schists, gneisses and quartzites of the Neoproterozoic Ingenika Group which have been regionally metamorphosed to the kyanite zone of the amphibolite facies. The showing is described as consisting of "small veins" composed largely of quartz and muscovite, but no "marketable" mica was observed in place on the property (Geological Survey of Canada Summary Report 1927, Part A, page 33A). Refer to the Family Farm occurrence (094C 034), located 7.9 kilometres north, for further details of these regionally occurring mica-bearing pegmatite occurrences.

In 2005, Guardsmen Resources Inc. acquired the Mica Peak property, which covers the Sunset showing, in hopes that appreciable rare earth elements may be found in association with pegmatite zones. During a 1996 visit, heavy snowfall limited exploration to stream silt sampling. Unfortunately, exploration in 2007 was limited to the westernmost part of the property. In 2010, Guardsmen Resources Inc. conducted a two-day reconnaissance silt and rock geochemical sampling program; two mineral prospects, Family Farm (094C 034) and Birthday (094C 124), were briefly examined.

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1926-A153-A155; 1927-C161
EMPR ASS RPT 28896, 29773, 31914
EMPR OF 1995-6; 1996-19
GSC P 75-33, p. 17
GSC MAP 2-1975
GSC SUM RPT *1927, Part A, pp. 31A-35A
GSC EC GEOL 19, pp. 83,90
GSC OF 864
EMR MP CORPFILE (General Holding Company Limited)
CANMET RPT 701, pp. 78-80

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