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MINFILE No  092GSE038
File Created: 10-Feb-1990 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)
Last Edit:  14-Jun-1990 by Laura L. Duffett (LLD)

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Name FRASER RIVER CLAY Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092G026
Status Showing NTS Map 092G02W
Latitude 049º 13' 00'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 51' 38'' Northing 5451551
Easting 510155
Commodities Clay Deposit Types B06 : Fireclay
E07 : Sedimentary kaolin
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Overlap Assemblage
Capsule Geology

In North Surrey, along the south side of the Fraser River, is a deposit of surface clay that was prospected and tested for use in ceramics or common brick making. The clay deposit consists of 1.8 to 3.0 metres of stratified clay overlain by gravel.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL *30, p. 49
GSC MAP 1386A
GSC MEM *135, p. 38; 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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