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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  29-Jun-1989 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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Name NITINAT LAKE - SE Mining Division Victoria
BCGS Map 092C066
Status Showing NTS Map 092C10W
Latitude 048º 41' 23'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 124º 48' 02'' Northing 5394529
Easting 367489
Commodities Limestone Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The Nitinat Lake - SE showing is situated on the southeast shore of Nitinat Lake near its outlet to the Pacific Ocean, 33 kilometres northwest of Port Renfrew.

The showing is comprised of two masses of limestone. The larger one extends northwest along the shore of Nitinat Lake for 3 kilometres, directly opposite the Nitinat Lake - NW showing (92C 011). The limestone, up to 500 metres wide, is part of the Paleozoic to Mesozoic Westcoast Complex and contacts Westcoast Complex diorite and granodiorite to the southeast.

To the southwest, 700 metres, a smaller mass of limestone outcrops along the shore over a 900 by 1100 metre area. The mass is bounded to the southwest and southeast by the same granitic rocks. Bedding in both deposits generally strikes northwest and dips between 30 and 90 degrees northeast.

The two deposits are comprised of dark, impure limestone containing some siliceous and dolomitic beds.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL 40, p. 97
EMPR FIELDWORK 1989, pp. 503-510
EMPR OF RGS 24, 1990; 1992-18, p. 50
EMPR PF (In 092C General File - Aeromagnetic Contour Map, Nitinat Lake Area, Noranda Mines Ltd., date unknown)
GSC MAP 17A, 1386A
GSC MEM 13, pp. 44-46
GSC OF 463; 821; 1272
GSC P 72-44; 76-1A; 79-30
CANMET REPORT 452, Vol.15, p. 149
Carson, D.J.T. (1968): Metallogenic study of Vancouver Island with emphasis on the relationships of mineral deposits to plutonic rocks, Ph.D. Thesis, Carleton University
Cummings, J.M. (1937): Possibilities for the Manufacture of Mineral Wool, BC Government Publication

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