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MINFILE No 093K 037

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	23-Mar-2022	by	Nicole Barlow (NB)

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		NMI	093K13 Cr1
Name	TSITSUTL MOUNTAIN CHROMIUM	Mining Division	Omineca
		BCGS Map	093K092
Status	Showing	NTS Map	093K13E
Latitude	054º 56' 29''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	125º 39' 11''	Northing	6091491
		Easting	330061
Commodities	Chromium	Deposit Types	M03 : Podiform chromite
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Cache Creek, Stikine

Capsule Geology

The Tsitsutl Mountain showing is located 4267 metres south-southwest of Tsitsutl Mountain at an elevation of about 1524 metres.

The showing is hosted within Upper Paleozoic ultramafic rocks. This suite of rocks is of probable ophiolitic affinity related to the oceanic Upper Paleozoic Cache Creek Group on which it lies.

A massive lens, 1.5 to 2.1 metres long, of almost pure chromite occurs within rust coloured serpentinized dunite. The margins of the lens dip outwards at 60 degrees and are sharply defined. Chromite nodules, 5 to 7.6 centimetres in diameter, also occur in the area. See also 093N 016, 033, 034, 035 and 040 for related geological information.


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