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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  16-Mar-1992 by Dave Nelles (DMN)

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Name COQUIHALLA Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092H065
Status Showing NTS Map 092H11E
Latitude 049º 36' 26'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 02' 47'' Northing 5496794
Easting 641143
Commodities Feldspar, Silica, Mica Deposit Types O04 : Feldspar-quartz pegmatite
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

Pegmatites are a common occurrence within granodiorite of the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous Eagle Plutonic Complex. They occur as irregular intrusions from a few centimetres to several metres wide and are best exposed along railway cuts between Romeo and Coquihalla and along either side of the Coquihalla River.

The pegmatites comprise pink orthoclase, milky white, massive quartz and muscovite in crystals up to five centimetres wide. Locally, they exhibit a gradation into the granodiorite and probably intruded at a late stage of consolidation of the pluton.

Bibliography
EMPR OF 1991-10
GSC MAP 737A; 12-1969; 41-1989
GSC MEM 139, p. 94, 109
GSC P 69-47; 88-E1, pp. 177-183

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