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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  24-Sep-2021 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI 104M9 Sb1
Name LAKEFRONT, ANTIMONY Mining Division Atlin
BCGS Map 104M079
Status Showing NTS Map 104M09W
Latitude 059º 43' 52'' UTM 08 (NAD 83)
Longitude 134º 15' 11'' Northing 6621700
Easting 542000
Commodities Antimony, Lead Deposit Types I09 : Stibnite veins and disseminations
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Cache Creek
Capsule Geology

The Lakefront showing is located on the western shore of Tagish Lake, about 13 kilometres north of Graham Inlet. Two claims, the Lakefront and Antimony, were located in about 1899 by Misters J. Johnson and C.B. Dickson respectively. Development work consists of a 4.6-metre-long drift adit. The property was reportedly further prospected in 1915. Early government reports described the occurrence to consist of concordant to discordant veins enclosed by stratified (almost flat lying) rocks which consist mainly of the dark, finely textured, clay-shale members of the Lower Jurassic Laberge Group. The main vein is from 0.3 to 1.2 metres in thickness and is composed chiefly of quartz and stibnite, with some galena and varying amounts of intercalated shale.

In 1988, a BC Geological Survey field crew visited the Lakefront occurrence and reported the following, based on their investigation (Geological Fieldwork, 1988, page 308 (Paper 1989-1)): "Layered veins containing stibnite, minor galena, and crustiform quartz were observed to have an in-situ thickness of 15 centimetres, although reported vein thicknesses are up to 1.2 metres. On the wall of a partly caved adit, the vein strikes 350 degrees with a 63-degree dip to the east within strongly foliated argillites and argillaceous siltstones of the Lower Jurassic Laberge Group. At the showing, (Locality D' on Figure 1-32-8) approximately 40 tonnes of high-grade material are reported by Schroeter (Geological Fieldwork,1985 (Paper 1986-1)) to be scattered just above the shore of Tagish Lake."

During the 1988 visit, a grab sample was collected from the vein and was reported to grade 6.48 per cent antimony, 6 parts per million lead, 1 gram per tonne silver and 160 parts per million arsenic (Fieldwork 1988, Table 1-32-3 and 1-32-4, pages 307,308).

Bibliography
EMPR BULL 105
EMPR FIELDWORK *1985, pp. 184,188; *1988, pp. 293-310; 1990, pp.139-144, 153-159
EMPR OF *1989-13
EMPR PF (In 104M General File - Claim map of 104M, 1970)
EMPR PFD 672679, 674315, 674316
EMPR RGS 37, 1993
GSC MAP *19-1957; 94A; 218A; 711; 1418A; 1426
GSC MEM *37, pp. 116,117
GSC OF 427; 2225 p. 42
GSC P 69-01A pp. 23-27; 78-01A, pp. 69-70; 91-01A, pp. 147-153; 92-01A
GSC SUM RPT 1906, pp. 26-32; 1910, p. 54; 1911, pp. 27-58

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