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File Created: 22-Feb-1993 by George Owsiacki (GO)
Last Edit:  25-Feb-1993 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI
Name STAWAMUS CHIEF, OLSEN CREEK, GARIBALDI GRANITE Mining Division Vancouver
BCGS Map 092G065
Status Prospect NTS Map 092G11E
Latitude 049º 41' 06'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 123º 07' 01'' Northing 5503615
Easting 491564
Commodities Granite, Dimension Stone, Building Stone Deposit Types R03 : Dimension stone - granite
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The test sample site from the Stawamus Chief occurrence is located about 3 kilometres east-southeast of the community of Squamish, 1.75 kilometres east of Stawamus Chief Mountain, just off a road.

The area, in the vicinity of Squamish at the head of Howe Sound, is underlain by Cretaceous granite and granodiorite of the Jurassic to Tertiary Coast Plutonic Complex.

The stone from this site is medium to coarse-grained white granite with black biotite specks, similar to "Island White Granite" quarried near Squamish (see 092HNW067). B.C. Rockworks International tested the site in 1991.

A new (1996) plant in Squamish, operated by Garibaldi Granite and Pender Capital Corporation, will process stone from this quarry.

Bibliography
EM INF CIRC 1998-1, p. 13
EMPR OF 1991-20
EMPR PF (Regional Geologist's notes, undated; Photos, 1993)
GSC MAP 42-1963; 1386A
GSC OF 611
GSC P 90-1F, pp. 95-107
Focus on Industrial Minerals, Vol. 3, Issue 1

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