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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 SPRUSTON ROAD PIT, SPRUSTON ROAD Mining Division Nanaimo
BCGS Map 092G001
Status Prospect NTS Map 092G04W
Latitude 049º 03' 41'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 123º 55' 26'' Northing 5434691
Easting 432508
Commodities Aggregate, Sand, Gravel Deposit Types B12 : Sand and Gravel
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Overlap Assemblage
Capsule Geology

The Spruston Road Pit is located 4.8 kilometres west of Highway 1, on Spruston Road.

Screening of crushing to remove oversize abrasive will be necessary for production of winter abrasive.

Technical data: crush % <.075=1; .075-4.75=56; 4.75-25=42; 25-75=1. The product is 12.5 millimetres Winter Abrasive (Sand). Overburden thickness is 0.2 metre of topsoil. Pit run: 2 per cent fines, 56 per cent sand, 26 per cent fine gravel and 16 per cent coarse gravel. MTH Petrographics: physical and chemical quality estimates (engineering); Good 79.6%, Fair 18.4%, Poor 2%.

Bibliography
ARMS 1191
Air Photo BC84029-087,88
Geotech File 10.4326.54345MR
MTH District Pit 6274H
MTH Provincial Pit 72

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