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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 BRICK Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092G016
Status Past Producer NTS Map 092G02W
Latitude 049º 10' 51'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 54' 16'' Northing 5447563
Easting 506964
Commodities Clay Deposit Types B06 : Fireclay
E07 : Sedimentary kaolin
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Overlap Assemblage
Capsule Geology

The Fraser River Brick and Tile Co. Ltd., is located on the south side of the Fraser River near Brownsville. The company pro- duced common brick from a local deposit of surface clay. The depo- sit, described as stiff mud, comprised 4.6 metres of grey clay that pinched out in an eastward direction. The clay fired red to reddish- brown.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL *30, pp. 11,49
GSC MAP 1386A
GSC MEM 24E, p. 140; *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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