MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 082FSW346

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	SHARON, SALMO QUARTZITE	Mining Division	Nelson
		BCGS Map	082F025
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	082F06E
Latitude	049º 15' 39''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	117º 10' 22''	Northing	5456466
		Easting	487429
Commodities	Flagstone, Building Stone, Dimension Stone, Quartzite	Deposit Types	R08 : Flagstone
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Ancestral North America

Capsule Geology

The Sharon quartzite quarry is located on the north side of Porcupine Creek, 11 kilometres northeast of Salmo.

The quarry is developed in a thick unnamed Paleozoic sequence of micaceous quartzite, schist, argillite, slate, phyllite and limestone partly equivalent to the Milford Group.

Individual quartzite beds display various colours including beige, brown and green. The stone is split along micaceous partings to produce slabs that are sold locally for building facings and a variety of other architectural and decorative uses. The quartzite is being quarried intermittently for flagstone by Porcupine Mines Ltd. of Salmo.


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 MINING 1986-1987, p. 82; 1988, p. 81 EMPR OF 1988-1; *1989-11; 1991-16 GSC MAP 51-4A; 1090A; 1145A GSC MEM 94 GSC OF 1195 GSC P 51-4