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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  16-Feb-2021 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI
Name POLAR JADE, SERPENTINE LAKE, POLAR GEMSTONES, JADE WEST Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104I044
Status Producer NTS Map 104I06W
Latitude 058º 26' 43'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 129º 15' 16'' Northing 6478314
Easting 485147
Commodities Jade/Nephrite, Gemstones, Asbestos Deposit Types Q01 : Jade
M06 : Ultramafic-hosted asbestos
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Cache Creek
Capsule Geology

The Polar Jade occurrence is located about 44 kilometres east of the community of Dease Lake.

The showing is underlain by Upper Mississippian to Permian ultramafic rocks of the Cache Creek Complex. These rocks consist of peridotite, dunite, and pyroxenite which are generally serpentinized. The rocks locally include pods of nephrite jade, two of which are plotted on Geological Survey of Canada Open File map 2779 within a few kilometres to the east of Serpentine Lake.

Asbestos mineralization, probable chrysotile in veinlets, has been documented in this vicinity as well.

Polar Gemstones Ltd. produces jade from this property. Jade West is the supplier of jade from this property. Production data is included with Kutcho Creek Jade (104I 078), located 44.6 kilometres southeast of Polar Jade.

Bibliography
EMPR EXPL 1996-A14; 2000-1-8; 2001-1-9
EMPR INF CIRC 1997-1, p. 13; 1998-1, p. 15; 2000-1, p. 11; 2016-1, p. 122; 2017-1, pp. 2, 150; 2018-1, pp. 2, 122
EMPR OF 1995-25; 1996-11
GSC BULL 504
GSC MAP 9-1957; 29-1962; 1418A; 1712A
GSC OF 610; 2262; *2779
GSC P 78-1A, pp. 25-27
EMR MRB MRF 216, 1968 (asbestos)
Lapidary Journal, Nov. 1998, p. 22

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