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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  27-May-2020 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI 104I7,2 Asb2
Name J, WIND Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104I026
Status Showing NTS Map 104I02W
Latitude 058º 14' 54'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 128º 48' 27'' Northing 6456375
Easting 511300
Commodities Asbestos Deposit Types M06 : Ultramafic-hosted asbestos
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Cache Creek, Overlap Assemblage
Capsule Geology

The J occurrence is located about 5 kilometres south of Letain Lake.

A band of serpentinized peridotite occurs at the thrust fault contact of Lower Jurassic Inklin Group (Laberge Group) sediments and metasediments on the south, and Mississippian to Triassic sediments of the Kedahda Formation (Cache Creek Complex) on the north. The peridotite is an alpine-type upper Mississippian to Permian body of the Mississippian to Triassic Cache Creek Complex.

The serpentinized peridotite is at least 760 metres long (possibly up to 1 kilometre) and averages 150 metres in width. Chrysotile cross-fibres occur over the length of the band within a network of fractures. The fibre length is short, varying from hairline up to 1 centimetre. Hand specimens can contain up to 10 per cent fibres by volume. A sample of the fibre was reportedly analyzed, giving indications of high-quality asbestos.

Prospecting and magnetic surveys were conducted in 1971 and 1972 by Tournigan Mining Exploration Ltd. No other work has been reported.

Bibliography
EMPR PF (*Prospectus, Tournigan Mining Explorations Ltd., 1971; Report to Shareholders, Tournigan Mining Explorations Ltd., 1974)
EMPR GEM 1971-450; 1972-573
EMPR ASS RPT *3628
EMPR OF 1995-25; 1996-11
EMPR PFD 19824, 19825, 820078
GSC MAP 9-1957; 29-1962; 1418A; 1712A
GSC OF 610; 2262; 2779
GSC BULL 504
GSC P 78-1A, pp. 25-27

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