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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  14-Mar-1991 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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NMI
Name ROSEDALE GRANITE, VALLEY GRANITE, BRIDAL FALLS Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092H012
Status Past Producer NTS Map 092H04E
Latitude 049º 11' 18'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 44' 12'' Northing 5449160
Easting 592053
Commodities Granite, Building Stone, Dimension Stone, Aggregate Deposit Types R03 : Dimension stone - granite
R15 : Crushed rock
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Plutonic Rocks, Chilliwack
Capsule Geology

Granite was quarried 4 kilometres east of Rosedale at Bridal Falls, adjacent to the Trans-Canada Highway.

The region is underlain by a sequence of greywacke, argillite, andesite and basalt of the Devonian to Permian Chilliwack Group, which is intruded by granodiorite of the Miocene Mount Barr batholith and associated smaller intrusive bodies.

Valley Granite Products Ltd. began quarrying in 1947 to produce crushed and ground granite for poultry grit, stucco dash and sand blasting material. Some stone was also sold for building and ornamental purposes. Records of this quarry are confused with another quarry to the northeast (see Valley Granite, 092HSW157).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1947-213; 1948-184; 1949-247; 1950-219; 1951-215; 1952-249, 250
GSC MAP 12-1969; 41-1989; 737A; 1386A
GSC P 69-47; 90-1E, pp. 183-195

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