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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  12-Feb-2021 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI 104I6 Cr1
Name JJR Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104I035
Status Showing NTS Map 104I06E
Latitude 058º 20' 44'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 129º 04' 12'' Northing 6467185
Easting 495902
Commodities Chromium, Asbestos Deposit Types M03 : Podiform chromite
M06 : Ultramafic-hosted asbestos
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Cache Creek
Capsule Geology

The JJR occurrence is located about 57 kilometres east of the community of Dease Lake, between the Turnagain River and Two Mile Creek.

The area of the JJR 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.

In 1971, reports of high-grade chromite in the vicinity led to the staking of the JJR claims over a belt of serpentinite between the Turnagain River and Wheaton Creek. It is reported that although substantial very low-grade nickel-bearing and chrome-bearing serpentine was sampled, nothing approaching ore grade was found. In 1972, Jorex Ltd. mapped and took 213 soil samples on the JJR claims.

A sample of chromite from a large boulder on Wheaton Creek, several kilometres to the east, assayed 47.5 per cent chromic oxide (Bulletin 2, pages 24-25). This indicates the potential for higher grade in situ chromite deposits in the area.

A small occurrence of poor-quality asbestos was also found on the south side of the top of "Black Mountain" (Assessment Report 3530).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *3530, 9286
EMPR BULL *2, pp. 24-25
EMPR GEM 1972-540
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

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