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File Created: 05-Jun-1986 by Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:  31-Oct-1999 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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NMI
Name MOSQUITO LAKE Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 103F010
Status Showing NTS Map 103F01E
Latitude 053º 04' 19'' UTM 08 (NAD 83)
Longitude 132º 07' 26'' Northing 5883959
Easting 692791
Commodities Limestone Deposit Types R09 : Limestone
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The lower two members of the Kunga Group, consisting of the Upper Triassic Sadler and Peril formations, represent the main limestone resource of the Queen Charlotte Islands, particularly the basal massive grey limestone comprising the Sadler Formation. Its thickness varies from less than 30 metres to more than 200 metres.

The Kunga Group, consisting of the limestone members and an overlying argillite member, rests conformably on the Karmutsen Formation, and may be overlain conformably by the Jurassic Maude Group or disconformably by the Middle Jurassic Yakoun Group.

A narrow band of limestone trends west-northwest from Mosquito Lake to Skidegate Channel. The beds dip 50 to 70 degrees to the north. A sample assayed 17.94 per cent CaO, 1.07 per cent MgO, 54.75 per cent SiO2 and 14.96 per cent loss on ignition (Paulsen, 1982, page 3-8).

This occurrence was briefly evaluated by Consolidated Cinola Mines in 1982 as a source of neutralizing medium for the Specogna epithermal gold prospect (103F 034).

Bibliography
EMPR BULL 54, pp. 50,175
EMPR OF 1992-18, pp. 43-45
EMPR PF (*Paulsen, L. (1982): Limestone Study - Preliminary Evaluation - Queen Charlotte Joint Venture, in 103F General)
GSC MAP 1385A; 4-1990
GSC P 86-20; 88-1E; 89-1H, pp. 7-11; 90-10, pp. 163-172

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