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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  24-Jun-2013 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI
Name NW Mining Division Atlin
BCGS Map 104J071
Status Showing NTS Map 104J13W
Latitude 058º 47' 59'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 131º 58' 29'' Northing 6521569
Easting 328140
Commodities Asbestos Deposit Types M06 : Ultramafic-hosted asbestos
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Cache Creek, Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The NW occurrence is located along the edge of the Nahlin River, about 1.5 kilometres from its confluence with Dudidontu River, approximately 130 kilometres north of the community of Telegraph Creek.

The showing area is underlain by argillite, greywacke and tuff of the Mississippian-Triassic Kedahda Formation (Cache Creek Complex). Feldspar porphyry is also evident.

A large, angular block of serpentinite weighing several tonnes is evident along the edge of Nahlin River. The serpentinite is strongly fractured and cut by a network of asbestos veinlets. Cross-fibre asbestos (probably chrysotile) constitutes 7 to 12 per cent of the rock mass. The fibres vary from about 1 to 6 millimetres in length. The angular character of the float suggests it is not far removed from its source. Geological Survey of Canada Open File 707 indicates that upper Mississippian-Permian ultramafic bodies of the Cache Creek Complex are nearby.

In 1957, Consolidated Northland Mines Limited conducted prospecting and geological mapping.

Bibliography
EMPR PF (104J General File - Claim maps 73M, 73 M-2, Dec. 1970)
EMPR AR 1958-75
EMPR ASS RPT *221
EMPR OF 1995-25; 1996-11
GSC OF 707
GSC BULL 504
GSC MAP 9-1957; 21-1962; 15-1968; 1418A; 1712A; 1713A
GSC SUM RPT 1925, Part A, pp. 33A-99A
EMR MP MRF 216 (1968)
EMPR PFD 842680

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