MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 092GSW054

File Created:	30-Aug-1994	by	Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:	31-Aug-1994	by	Caline E. Kilby (CEK)

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		NMI
Name	WILLIAMS	Mining Division	Nanaimo
		BCGS Map	092G001
Status	Prospect	NTS Map	092G04W
Latitude	049º 04' 21''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	123º 52' 50''	Northing	5435889
		Easting	435688
Commodities	Aggregate, Sand, Gravel	Deposit Types	B12 : Sand and Gravel
Tectonic Belt	Insular	Terrane	Overlap Assemblage

Capsule Geology

The Williams Pit is located on Highway 1, south of Cassidy, at the intersection of Old Island Highway, west of Nanaimo.

Constraints to development are: backslope to Highway 1 Nanaimo River hydro line, and a limited pit floor area.

Technical data: crush % <.075=6; .075-4.75=40; 4.75-25=52; 25-75=2. The product is 25 millimetres Well Graded Base. Overburden thickness is 0.6 metre of GP and GM1. Pit run: 5 per cent fines, 49 per cent sand, 29 per cent fine gravel and 17 per cent coarse gravel.


Bibliography	ARMS 1186 Air Photo BR82072-256,57 Geotech File 10.4357.54360MP MTH District Pit 6274C MTH Provincial Pit 69