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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  20-Mar-1990 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI
Name ROGERS CREEK Mining Division Alberni, Nanaimo
BCGS Map 092F027
Status Showing NTS Map 092F07E, 092F07W
Latitude 049º 15' 45'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 124º 47' 17'' Northing 5458176
Easting 369909
Commodities Clay Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

Glacial clay of large extent occurs in the Rogers Creek area, east of the head of Alberni Inlet. The Rogers Creek clay is described as yellowish, tough and silty. The area is underlain by sediments of the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, Haslam Formation.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL *30, p. 46
EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 61-74
GSC MAP 2-1965; 17-1968; 1386A
GSC MEM 47
GSC OF 463
GSC P 68-50; 72-44
GSC SUM RPT *1922, Part A, p.61

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