MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 082FSW345

File Created:	06-Mar-1991	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:	06-Mar-1991	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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		NMI
Name	LOT 4636, SALMO QUARTZITE	Mining Division	Nelson
		BCGS Map	082F025
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	082F06E
Latitude	049º 16' 20''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	117º 06' 28''	Northing	5457724
		Easting	492160
Commodities	Flagstone, Dimension Stone, Building Stone, Quartzite	Deposit Types	R08 : Flagstone
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Ancestral North America

Capsule Geology

The quartzite quarry on Lot 4636 is located 1 kilometre north of Porcupine Creek, 15 kilometres northeast of Salmo.

Thinly-bedded micaceous quartzite of the Lower Cambrian Quartzite Range Formation (correlative with rocks of the Lower Cambrian Hamill Group) is being quarried for flagstone by Porcupine Mines Ltd. Individual quartzite beds display various colours including beige, brown and green. The stone is split along micaceous partings to produce slabs for building facings and a variety of other architectural and decorative uses.


Bibliography	EMPR BULL 41; 109 EMPR FIELDWORK 1980, pp. 149-158; 1981, pp. 28-32, pp. 176-186; 1987, pp. 19-30; 1988, pp. 33-43; 1989, pp. 247-249; 1990, pp. 291-300 EMPR INF CIRC 1988-6, p. 26; 1991-1, p. 71 EMPR MAP 7685G; RGS 1977; 8480G EMPR OF 1988-1; *1989-11; 1991-16 GSC MAP 51-4A; 1090A; 1145A GSC MEM 94 GSC OF 1195 GSC P 51-4