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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  05-Jul-1989 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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NMI
Name PARSONS CREEK Mining Division Nanaimo
BCGS Map 092F006
Status Showing NTS Map 092C15W, 092F02W
Latitude 049º 01' 01'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 124º 49' 43'' Northing 5430950
Easting 366299
Commodities Limestone Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The Parsons Creek occurrence is comprised of a folded band of impure limestone of the Upper Triassic Vancouver Group, Quatsino Formation extends for 6 kilometres northwest from Coleman Creek across Parsons Creek to Alberni Inlet. Bedding strikes 128 to 175 degrees and dips 30 to 50 degrees southwest. The band is underlain by basalts of the Upper Triassic Vancouver Group, Karmutsen Formation and Lower Jurassic Bonanza Group volcanics.

Bibliography
EMPR IND MIN FILE (Limestone Occurrences in British Columbia by J.W. McCammon, 1973, p. 10 (in Ministry Library))
EMPR OF 1988-24, p. 45; 1989-6
GSC MAP 49-963; 17-1968
GSC OF 463; 1272
GSC P 68-50, pp. 14,15

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