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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  21-Apr-1988 by Laura L. Coughlan (LLC)

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Name BEE, BELL, NI 1-2 Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092H022
Status Showing NTS Map 092H05W
Latitude 049º 16' 39'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 47' 45'' Northing 5459002
Easting 587584
Commodities Uranium, Copper, Cobalt Deposit Types O02 : Rare element pegmatite - NYF family
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Plutonic Rocks, Harrison
Capsule Geology

The Bee occurrence area is underlain by Lower-Middle Jurassic Harrison Lake Formation rocks comprised of intermediate to acidic flows and pyroclastics, and the Upper Jurassic Kent Formation conglomerate, chert and tuffs. These rocks are intruded by the Oligocene Chilliwack batholith. The property covers the contact between Kent Formation conglomerate and hornblende granodiorite of the Chilliwack batholith.

Radioactive pegmatite occurs in hornblende granodiorite. The siliceous pegmatite is comprised mainly of white to clear quartz enveloping subhedral crystals of potash feldspar and fragments of granodiorite hostrock.

A uranium mineral, likely uraninite or uraniferous magnetite, occurs as sporadic, fine disseminated black crystals associated with clusters of fine-grained pyrite. A greenish yellow secondary uranium mineral, possibly phosphuranylite, also occurs in the matrix. The pegmatite also contains chalcopyrite, malachite, erythrite and limonite. A 2-metre chip sample assayed 0.017 per cent uranium (Assessment Report 6790).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 6790
EMPR EXPL 1978-141
EMPR OF 1990-32
GSC EC GEOL No. 16 (Rev.), p. 230
GSC MAP 12-1969; 737A; 41-1989
GSC P 69-47
Arthur, A.J. (1987): Mesozoic Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the West Side of Harrison Lake, Southwest British Columbia, M.Sc. Thesis, University of British Columbia, Dec. 1987

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