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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  11-Apr-1990 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI
Name JUMP CREEK Mining Division Nanaimo
BCGS Map 092F009
Status Showing NTS Map 092F01W
Latitude 049º 00' 18'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 124º 15' 34'' Northing 5428776
Easting 407891
Commodities Iron Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The Jump Creek occurrence area is underlain by basalt of the Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation (Vancouver Group) intruded by altered diorite of the Lower to Middle Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite. Magnetite skarn is developed in basalt at the contact with diorite. One of two pits expose massive magnetite lenses in skarn rock. A grab sample assayed 58.4 per cent iron (Property File - Report by Laanela).

Bibliography
EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 81-91; 1988, pp. 61-74
EMPR OF 1988-28
EMPR PF (*092F General File - Report by H. Laanela (1965): Gunnex Limited, Occurrence #23)
GSC MAP 17-1968; 49-1963; 1386A
GSC OF 463; 1272
GSC P 68-50
EMPR PFD 826207, 826529

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