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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  10-Jan-1995 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI
Name SEABIRD BLUFF Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092H032
Status Showing NTS Map 092H05E
Latitude 049º 18' 57'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 40' 00'' Northing 5463422
Easting 596904
Commodities Granite, Dimension Stone, Building Stone Deposit Types R03 : Dimension stone - granite
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

At the Seabird Bluff showing, the southeast contact of an Oligocene pluton consisting of granodiorite, is exposed along and to the immediate northwest of the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline. The stone along the west end is locally jointed, but the east end is less regularly jointed.

Bibliography
GSC MAP 737A; 1069A; 12-1969; 41-1989
GSC P 69-47
EMPR PFD 671422

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