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MINFILE No 092C 092

File Created:	30-Jun-1989	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:	21-Feb-1990	by	Dorthe E. Jakobsen (DEJ)

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		NMI
Name	TZARTUS ISLAND, COPPER ISLAND, BARCLAY SOUND	Mining Division	Alberni
		BCGS Map	092C095
Status	Showing	NTS Map	092C14E
Latitude	048º 56' 44''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	125º 03' 03''	Northing	5423430
		Easting	349838
Commodities	Limestone	Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt	Insular	Terrane	Wrangell

Capsule Geology

The Tzartus Island limestone showing is located on the northeast corner of the island, 40 kilometres southwest of Port Alberni.

Limestone of the Upper Triassic Quatsino Formation (Vancouver Group), up to 700 metres wide, outcrops for 1.5 kilometres northward along the shore. The limestone strikes 150 to 178 degrees and dips 70 degrees southwest. The mass is bounded to the west by grano- diorite of the Jurassic Island Intrusions. Dykes are reported to intrude this limestone.

Bibliography

EM EXPL 2002-29-40

EMPR AR *1911-208

EMPR FIELDWORK 1989, pp. 503-510

EMPR OF 1988-24; RGS 24, 1990

GSC BULL 23; 40

GSC MAP 1386A

GSC MEM 13

GSC OF 463; 821; *1272

GSC P 72-44; 76-1A; 79-30

GSC SUM RPT 1902, p. 63

CANMET RPT 811, Part 5, p. 141

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 of the Manufacture of Mineral Wool, p. 10; B.C. Government Publication

Falconbridge File

EMPR PFD 6161, 881507