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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  28-Feb-1991 by Robert G. Gaba (RGG)

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NMI 092J15 Cr2
Name TAYLOR CREEK CHROMITE Mining Division Lillooet
BCGS Map 092J096
Status Showing NTS Map 092J15W, 092O02W
Latitude 050º 59' 59'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 52' 05'' Northing 5649802
Easting 509259
Commodities Chromium, Nickel Deposit Types M03 : Podiform chromite
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Bridge River
Capsule Geology

The Taylor Creek chromite showing is located in the Taylor Creek basin, approximately 2 kilometres southwest of Eldorado Mountain. The showing is within serpentinite, serpentinized dunite and peridotite, imbricated with sedimentary rocks of the Mississippian to Jurassic Bridge River Group (Open File 1989-4; Fieldwork 1988, page 119).

Massive chromite is associated with serpentine and reddish weathered peridotite. Chemical analysis of the ore shows that it consists of 48.72 per cent Cr2O3 (Geological Survey of Canada Summary Report 1915, page 83).

About half a kilometre north, an occurrence of nickel is hosted in a north striking lense of sheared serpentine and talc, surrounding lenses and patches of dunite. The mineralization is restricted to a 2 to 3-metre wide section along the west side of the ultramafic body and consists of fine-grained disseminated pentlandite and pyrrhotite. Minor amphibole and dolomite(?) occur on shear planes. A grab sample assayed 0.32 per cent nickel, 0.38 per cent sulphur, 0.28 per cent chromium and trace cobalt (Exploration in British Columbia 1986, page B40).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 14812
EMPR EXPL *1986, pp. B38-40
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 OF 1987-11; 1988-3; 1989-4; 1990-10
GSC OF 482
GSC SUM RPT *1915, pp. 80,83 (Map facing)
CJES 1987, Vol. 24, pp. 2279-2291

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