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File Created: 01-Aug-1989 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:  01-Aug-1989 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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Name MARBLE HILL TRAVERTINE Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092H011
Status Past Producer NTS Map 092H04W
Latitude 049º 07' 54'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 49' 41'' Northing 5442754
Easting 585492
Commodities Travertine Deposit Types H01 : Travertine
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Chilliwack
Capsule Geology

A layer of travertine (tufa), at least 3 metres thick, is exposed in the gully of Marble Creek, 10 kilometres southeast of Chilliwack, 5.5 kilometres south-southwest of Rosedale. A sample taken across a quarry face analysed 48.9 per cent CaO, 0.26 per cent MgO, 8.1 per cent insolubles, 0.94 per cent R2O3, 0.57 per cent Fe2O3, 0.004 per cent MnO, 0.025 per cent P2O5, 0.20 per cent sulphur and 40.7 per cent ignition loss (Bulletin 40, pages 100, 101).

The travertine was quarried in 1955 and 1956 by Marble Hill Lime Products for agricultural purposes, but no production figures are available.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL *40, pp. 100-101
GSC MAP 12-1969; 737A; 1386A
GSC P 69-47

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