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MINFILE No  082FNE073
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  13-Feb-1990 by Gregg Stewart (GS)

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NMI
Name MOLLY Mining Division Fort Steele
BCGS Map 082F099
Status Prospect NTS Map 082F16W
Latitude 049º 56' 12'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 116º 18' 16'' Northing 5531821
Easting 549914
Commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum Deposit Types K05 : W skarn
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

A skarn occurs in dolomitic marble and dolomitic siltstone of the Middle Proterozoic Kitchener Formation (Purcell Supergroup) between two lobes of granite of the White Creek Batholith. Calcsilicate alteration of the sediments to epidote, tremolite and calcite is common. Tungsten and molybdenum mineralization are reported to occur within the skarn.

Bibliography
EM GEOS MAP 1998-4
EMPR AR 1959-74
EMPR GEM 1969-344
EMPR OF 90-20; 1991-17
GSC MAP 15-1957
EMPR PFD 1647, 1650, 800665, 841788, 843325, 827893, 827894, 827895, 827911, 827916
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