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MINFILE No  092B 032
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  24-Jul-1990 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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Name LONG HARBOUR Mining Division Victoria
BCGS Map 092B083
Status Past Producer NTS Map 092B14W
Latitude 048º 51' 42'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 123º 27' 54'' Northing 5412182
Easting 465895
Commodities Pozzolan, Shale Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Overlap Assemblage, Wrangell
Capsule Geology

A mining and roasting operation commenced in 1963 on Saltspring Island in order to process rocks from a shale member of the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group to produce pozzolan.

In 1965, 9,977 tonnes of shale were mined and 8,163 tonnes were milled, resulting in the production of 6,800 tonnes of pozzolan (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1965, page 269).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1953-188; *1965-269; 1966-264
EMPR BULL 30
GSC MAP 42A; 1386A; 1553A
GSC MEM 13; 24; 47; 96
GSC OF 463
GSC P 1972-44; 1975-1A, p. 23; 1979-30
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