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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  10-Jan-1990 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)

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Name CLAYBURN CLAY, HAZEL BRAE - CLAYBURN Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092G009
Status Prospect NTS Map 092G01W
Latitude 049º 04' 58'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 16' 56'' Northing 5436906
Easting 552413
Commodities Clay Deposit Types B06 : Fireclay
E07 : Sedimentary kaolin
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Overlap Assemblage
Capsule Geology

In Clayburn and at Hazel Brae in Clayburn, a localized deposit of surface blue-grey clay was used to manufacture common brick. The clay was very plastic, with about 30.0 per cent water. It dried well with an average shrinkage characteristic of 6.0 per cent.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL *30, p. 49
GSC MAP 1386A
GSC MEM 24E, pp. 125-138,141; *25, p. 98; 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

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