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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  14-Sep-2024 by Del Ferguson (DF)

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NMI 092O3 Fe6
Name LIMONITE, MCCLURE MOUNTAIN (WEST), CHILCOTIN NO. 1 (L.3140), CHILCOTIN NO. 2 (L.3138), CHILCOTIN NO. 3 (L.3137) Mining Division Clinton
BCGS Map 092O013
Status Prospect NTS Map 092O03W
Latitude 051º 06' 31'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 123º 27' 56'' Northing 5662006
Easting 467409
Commodities Iron Deposit Types B01 : Laterite Fe
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Cadwallader, Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The LIMONITE bog iron showing is 3 kilometres north-northeast of Mount McClure, 147 kilometres southwest of Williams Lake, B.C.

The prospect consists of a strip of limonite, of varying width and orientation, that stretches from 1950 metres to 1675 metres elevation between Honduras and McClure creeks. The limonite is estimated to range up to 3 metres in thickness. The iron was leached from silicified pyritic tuffs, probably of the informally named Upper Cretaceous Powell Creek Formation, which outcrop upslope to the south. It was transported downhill as sulphate solutions and deposited as bog iron near the break in slope. An inferred ore reserve of 348,000 tonnes was estimated, grading 50 per cent iron (Geological Survey of Canada Summary Report 1920A).

Residual iron oxide deposits are common in the Taseko River region of the southwestern Chilcotin where conditions are suitable for the development of these deposits, i.e. a source of iron (i.e. usually pyritic sediments and volcanics) and relatively stable depositional conditions.

In 2010 and 2011, Galore Resources Inc. completed a program of helicopter-borne Electromagnetic and Magnetic surveys over the area.

During 2014 through 2019, Amarc Resources Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, geochemical (talus fines, rock chip and stream sediment) sampling, 163.6 line-kilometres of induced polarization surveys, 1069 line-kilometres of airborne magnetic surveys and 18 157 metres of diamond drilling on the area as part of the IKE project. The majority of the drilling (15 455.34 metres in 26 holes) was completed on the IKE (MINFILE 092O 025) occurrence. The LIMONITE prospect lies within Amarc's Empress high-grade copper-gold-silver deposit area (PR REL Jan 19, 2021).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1919-N241-N249; 1920-N175-N181
EMPR ASS RPT 30193, 32841, 36270, 37517
EMPR FIELDWORK 1986, pp. 157-169
EMPR OF 1987-3
GSC EC GEOL 3, pp. 106-108
GSC SUM RPT 1920A, pp. 42A-70A
GSC OF 534; 2207
GSC MAP 29-1963
Bradford, J.A. (1985): Geology and Alteration in the Taseko River Area, Southwest B.C., B.Sc. Thesis, University of British Columbia
Rebagliati, C.M., Titley, E. (2020-05-29): Technical Report Summarizing Exploration Work on the IKE Cu-Mo-Au-Ag Project, British Columbia, Canada
PR REL Amarc Resources Ltd. Jan 19, 2021

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