MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 082LNE043

File Created:	26-Apr-1990	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:	07-Jan-1994	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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		NMI
Name	MARLIME, SOLSQUA	Mining Division	Kamloops
		BCGS Map	082L086
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	082L15W
Latitude	050º 51' 38''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	118º 57' 03''	Northing	5636131
		Easting	362706
Commodities	Marl, Travertine	Deposit Types	H01 : Travertine
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Kootenay

Capsule Geology

The Marlime marl deposit is 4 kilometres north-northeast of Sicamous on the northwest side of the Eagle River. The deposit consists of a layer of marl up to 3 metres thick that is in places extensively contaminated by soil. The marl or travertine was deposited by groundwater seeping to the surface after passing through Hadrynian(?) to Paleozoic calcareous rocks of the Eagle Bay Assemblage (Formation).

The marl was mined by Marlime Ltd. of New Westminster between 1948 and 1950 for agricultural markets in the Fraser Valley.


Bibliography	EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 54-58; 1988, pp. 49-54 EMPR OF 1990-30 GSC MAP 143A; 1059A GSC MEM *296, p. 158 GSC OF 481; 637