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File Created: 11-Sep-1989 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:  01-Jan-0001 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)

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Name MIDWAY LIMESTONE - EAST LENS Mining Division Greenwood
BCGS Map 082E006
Status Showing NTS Map 082E02W
Latitude 049º 01' 11'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 118º 50' 17'' Northing 5431276
Easting 365616
Commodities Limestone Deposit Types R09 : Limestone
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

A lens of limestone of the Middle Triassic Brooklyn Formation outcrops on the south slope of a hill between 760 and 975 metres elevation, 4.5 kilometres west-northwest of Midway and 500 metres north of Highway 3. The lens trends north-northeast for approximately 700 metres.

The deposit consists of medium to fine grained, light grey limestone with many argillaceous inclusions. A sample of randomly collected chips contained 54.04 per cent CaO, 0.25 per cent MgO, 2.30 per cent insolubles, 0.30 per cent R2O3, 0.16 per cent Fe2O3, 0.01 per cent MnO, 0.07 per cent P2O5, 0.01 per cent sulphur, 42.85 per cent ignition loss and 0.10 per cent water (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1960, p. 143, Sample 2).

Bibliography
EMPR AEROMAG MAP 8497G
EMPR AR *1960-140,143
EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 11-17
EMPR MR MAP 6 (1932)
EMPR OF 1990-25; 1992-18, pp. 120, 121
EMPR P 1986-2
EMPR PRELIM MAP 59
GSC MAP 828; 45-20A; 6-1957; 10-1967; 1500A; 1736A
GSC OF 481; 637; 1969
GSC P 67-42; 79-29, pp. 14-17
CANMET RPT *811, Part 5, pp. 193,202

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