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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  16-Sep-1988 by Wim S. Vanderpoll (WV)

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NMI
Name SIDNEY INLET Mining Division Alberni
BCGS Map 092E059
Status Showing NTS Map 092E09W
Latitude 049º 30' 29'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 126º 17' 05'' Northing 5487480
Easting 696563
Commodities Limestone, Marble, Building Stone Deposit Types R09 : Limestone
R04 : Dimension stone - marble
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

Geological Survey of Canada Map 1537A indicates the area is underlain by the Upper Paleozoic to Lower Mesozoic West Coast Complex. This is a belt of recrystallized or migmatized pre-Jurassic volcanic and sedimentary rocks. At the occurrence, the complex consists of partly silicified pelitic rocks, limestone and marble.

Bibliography
EMPR IND MIN FILE (Limestone Occurrences in British Columbia, by McCammon, J.W. 1973, p. 9 (in Ministry Library))
GSC MAP 1537A
GSC P 80-16

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