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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  31-Aug-2007 by Sarah Meredith-Jones (SMJ)

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NMI 092J16 Hg1,2
Name EAGLE MERCURY, EAGLE, GOLDEN EAGLE, RED EAGLE Mining Division Lillooet
BCGS Map 092J099
Status Past Producer NTS Map 092J16W
Latitude 050º 56' 25'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 15' 55'' Northing 5643441
Easting 551621
Commodities Mercury, Silver, Gold Deposit Types E01 : Almaden Hg
I08 : Silica-Hg carbonate
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Bridge River
Capsule Geology

The Eagle mercury prospect is 0.5 kilometre north of the confluence of Shulaps Creek with the Yalakom River. The prospect is within green and purple greenstone and diorite-greenstone breccia assigned to the East Liza Igneous Complex which, in turn, is tentatively correlated with the Permian Bralorne Igneous Complex (Bralorne Intrusions).

The greenstone and diorite-greenstone breccia are commonly altered to ankerite, which forms irregular lenticular zones, laced with dolomite stringers. Cinnabar occurs as discrete grains and blebs in the dolomite veinlets or as short crosscutting hair-like stringers.

In 1968, 113 tonnes of ore were mined from which 172 kilograms of mercury were recovered. A 22-kilogram bulk sample collected in 1938 contained 0.44 per cent mercury and 14.74 grams per tonne silver. A floatation concentrate from this sample assayed 3.6 grams per tonne silver and 0.514 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 16280).

Ore reserves described as "reasonably assured" (measured geological) in 1971 totalled 641,773 tonnes grading 5.11 pounds per ton mercury. Drill indicated reserves are 976,039 tonnes grading 3.31 pounds per ton mercury (Statement of Material Facts July 27, 1971 - Condor Mining Ltd., E.P. Sheppard, January 22, 1971).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1939-100; 1941-80; 1966-137; 1968-161; 1968-A53
EMPR ASS RPT *16280
EMPR BULL 5, p. 64; 32, p. 52
EMPR FIELDWORK 1974, p. 35; 1985, pp. 303-310; 1986, pp. 23-29; 1987,
pp. 93-130; 1988, pp. 105-152; 1989, pp. 45-72; 1990, pp. 75-83
EMPR GEM 1969-188; 1971-312
EMPR OF 1987-11; 1988-3; 1989-4; 1990-10
EMPR PF (Report by V. Eardley-Wilmot, 1938)
EMR MIN BULL MR 223 B.C. 164
GSC OF 482
GCNL *#122, 1971 (Reserves)

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