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MINFILE No 092E 091

File Created:	14-Dec-2013	by	Karl A. Flower (KAF)
Last Edit:	17-Dec-2013	by	Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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		NMI
Name	SYDNEY INLET MAGNETITE	Mining Division	Alberni
		BCGS Map	092E049
Status	Showing	NTS Map	092E08W
Latitude	049º 26' 23''	UTM	09 (NAD 83)
Longitude	126º 15' 56''	Northing	5479934
		Easting	698226
Commodities	Iron, Magnetite	Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt	Insular	Terrane	Wrangell, Plutonic Rocks

Capsule Geology

The Sydney Inlet magnetite occurrence is located on the western shore of Sydney Inlet, approximately 700 metres south east of the entrance to Stewardson Inlet.

The area is underlain by granodioritic rocks of the Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite (Geological Survey of Canada Map 1537A).

Locally, a thin band of amphibolite striking south west is in contact with the intrusive rocks. The unit is approximately 200 metres wide and is part of the Paleozoic to Mesozoic West Coast Complex. The banded amphibolite is dark green to black in colour and consists of amphibole, plagioclase and magnetite. Selected samples assayed between 9.91 and 14.33 per cent iron (Assessment Report 462).

In 1962, Paco Resources completed a program of geological mapping on the area.

Bibliography

EMPR AR 1962-131

EMPR ASS RPT *462

GSC MAP 1537A

GSC OF 463

GSC P 71-36; 80-16

Carson, D.J.T. (1968): Metallogenic Study of Vancouver Island with Emphasis on the Relationship of Plutonic Rocks to Mineral Deposits, Ph.D. Thesis, Carleton University, Ottawa

Sangster, D.F. (1964): The Contact Metosomatic Magnetite Deposits of Southwestern British Columbia, Ph.D. Thesis, University of British Columbia