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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  30-Apr-1990 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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NMI
Name MT. CON REID, GOLDEN HINDE, BUTTLE LAKE Mining Division Alberni
BCGS Map 092F072
Status Showing NTS Map 092F12W
Latitude 049º 42' 28'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 125º 46' 37'' Northing 5509843
Easting 299794
Commodities Limestone Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The occurrence consists of a band of Pennsylvanian to Permian limestone of the Azure Lake Formation, Buttle Lake Group, at the northern margin of the Buttle Lake uplift. It extends northeast from El Piveto Mountain and along the southeast slope of Mount Con Reid for 8.9 kilometres, approximately 11 kilometres west of Buttle Lake. In the vicinity of El Piveto Mountain the band bends to the southeast, extending 7.6 kilometres to Golden Hinde Peak.

The unit generally strikes north and dips up to 46 degrees west. It is overlain by flows of the Upper Triassic Vancouver Group, Karmutsen Formation and underlain by volcanic breccia, tuff and argillite. In the vicinity of Mount Con Reid the band is segmented by a series of northwest trending faults. See H-W (092F 330) for a discussion of the revised nomenclature of Buttle Lake uplift stratigraphy.

Bibliography
EMPR IND MIN FILE (Limestone Occurrences in British Columbia by J.W. McCammon, 1973, p. 12 (in Ministry Library))
EMPR MAP (Buttle Lake, 1963)
GSC MAP 17-1968
GSC OF 463
GSC P 68-50, pp. 9,10; 79-30, p. 18
GSC SUM RPT 1930A, pp. 59,60

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