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File Created: 24-Oct-1995 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:  03-Jun-2020 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI 104I7 Gem1
Name ALICE SHEA JADE, WHEATON CREEK, TURNAGAIN RIVER Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104I036
Status Showing NTS Map 104I07W
Latitude 058º 20' 12'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 128º 58' 03'' Northing 6466194
Easting 501903
Commodities Jade/Nephrite, Gemstones Deposit Types Q01 : Jade
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Cache Creek, Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The Alice Shea Jade occurrence is located about 62 kilometres east-southeast of the community of Dease Lake.

The showing is underlain by upper Mississippian to Permian ultramafic rocks of the Cache Creek Complex consisting of peridotite, dunite and pyroxenite which are generally serpentinized.

These rocks locally include pods or lenses of nephrite jade, two of which occur in east-west zones of altered serpentinite near the confluence of Alice Shea Creek with Wheaton Creek (Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2779). The northern zone is mainly talc but the southern is reported to be 18.3 metres wide, containing some good quality jade. The contact with the encompassing serpentinite is not exposed.

During July and August of 2007, Turnagain River Exploration Ltd. conducted a reconnaissance exploration program over the Turnagain property, consisting of prospecting and heavy mineral concentrate stream sediment sampling over at least seven showings (King Kong, 104I 067; Spring, 104I 110; King Mountain, 104I 108; PR8, 104I 109; PR7, 104I 107; Alice Shea Jade, 104I 104; and Alice Shea Creek, 104I 005).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1961-119-126
EMPR ASS RPT 14000, 15494, 16418, 29542
EMPR OF 1989-19; 1996-11
EMPR PF (in 104I 085 file - Sevensma, P.H. (1970): Report on the Wheaton (Boulder) Creek jade deposits and other Turnagain placer leases for Demsey Mines Ltd.)
GSC MEM 194, p. 14
GSC P *72-53, p. 48; 74-1A, p. 375; 78-1A, pp. 25-27; *78-19, p. 32
GSC OF 610; 2262; *2779
GSC BULL 504
GSC MAP 9-1957; 29-1962; 1418A; 1712A
EMR CORPFILE (Demsey Mines Ltd.)

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