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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  31-Oct-1988 by John Bradford (JB)

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NMI 114P10 Asb1
Name NADAHINI MOUNTAIN Mining Division Atlin
BCGS Map 114P067
Status Showing NTS Map 114P10E
Latitude 059º 40' 14'' UTM 08 (NAD 83)
Longitude 136º 42' 52'' Northing 6615970
Easting 403430
Commodities Asbestos Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Alexander
Capsule Geology

Two ultramafic sills about 15 and 30 metres thick intrude Upper Paleozoic carbonates on the southwest slope of Nadahini Mountain. The sills strike southeast and dip about 60 degrees northeast. At one locality, known at the Nadahini Mountain occurrence, veinlets of cross-fibre chysotile up to 2.5 centimetres long, but of poor quality, occur in a zone of serpentinization.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL *25, p. 25
EMPR OF 1995-25
GSC OF 926, 2191

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