MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 092F 402

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	19-Mar-1990	by	Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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		NMI
Name	COURTENAY	Mining Division	Nanaimo
		BCGS Map	092F065
Status	Showing	NTS Map	092F11E
Latitude	049º 41' 20''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	125º 00' 57''	Northing	5505992
		Easting	354606
Commodities	Shale, Ceramic Clay	Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt	Insular	Terrane	Wrangell

Capsule Geology

The Courtenay deposit consists of shale (formerly of the Trent River Formation) of the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, Haslam Formation. Samples of the shale were collected from the banks of the Puntledge River in the town of Courtenay and sent to a ceramics laboratory for testing. The Geological Survey of Canada Summary Report for 1922 tabulates the characteristics of the material as fired bricklets. As a result of the testing the shale was found to be suitable for the manufacture of building bricks, hollow ware and dry-press facebrick.


Bibliography	EMPR BULL 30, p. 56 EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 61-74 GSC MAP 2-1965; 17-1968; 1386A GSC OF 463 GSC P 68-50; 72-44 GSC SUM RPT 1922, Part A, pp. 58-59