MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 092GSE001

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	14-Dec-1989	by	Laura L. Duffett (LLD)

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		NMI
Name	GILLEY QUARRY, PITT RIVER GRANITE QUARRY, PITT MEADOW	Mining Division	New Westminster
		BCGS Map	092G037
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	092G07E
Latitude	049º 19' 11''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	122º 40' 35''	Northing	5463049
		Easting	523518
Commodities	Granite, Dimension Stone, Building Stone, Aggregate	Deposit Types	R03 : Dimension stone - granite R15 : Crushed rock
Tectonic Belt	Coast Crystalline	Terrane	Plutonic Rocks

Capsule Geology

The Gilley Quarry provided crushed rock, riprap and amour rock from its operation for over 50 years. Quartz diorite of Jurassic age within the Jurassic to Tertiary Coast Plutonic Complex was mined from the quarry site located on the west side of the Pitt River at the confluence of the Pitt River and Munroe Creek. The quartz diorite is very dark with abundant closely spaced fractures. Concrete aggregate was also produced from this quarry site.

Bibliography

EMPR AR 1926-327; 1929-436; 1930-422; 1932-284; 1934-G39; 1935-G31; 1936-F65; 1937-F37; 1938-F70; 1939-113; 1940-99; 1941-94; 1942-92; 1943-87; 1944-83; 1945-33; 1947-213; 1948-184; 1949-247; 1950-218; 1951-215; 1952-249; 1953-186; 1954-177; 1955-91; 1956-150; 1957-78; 1958-87; 1959-153; 1960-136; 1961-142; 1962-148; 1963-139; 1964- 182; 1965-260; 1966-262; 1967-301; 1968-297

EMPR GEM 1969-385; 1970-492; 1971-457; 1972-581; 1973-542; 1974-376

EMPR IND MIN FILE (Hora, Z.D. (1979): Rock Quarries in British Columbia - Granite in Ministry Library)

EMPR OF 1991-20

GSC MAP 1069A; 1151A; 1153A; 1386A

GSC MEM 335

GSC P 90-1F, pp. 95-107

Armstrong, J.E. (1990): Vancouver Geology, Geological Association of Canada (Cordilleran Section)

Ditson, G.M. (1978): Metallogeny of the Vancouver-Hope Area, British Columbia, M.Sc. Thesis, University of British Columbia