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File Created: 01-Aug-1989 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:  07-Jan-1992 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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NMI
Name ROSEBANK MARL LIME Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092H012
Status Past Producer NTS Map 092H04W
Latitude 049º 10' 22'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 46' 39'' Northing 5447382
Easting 589106
Commodities Travertine Deposit Types H01 : Travertine
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Overlap Assemblage
Capsule Geology

A fan-shaped mound of travertine 30 metres long, 23 metres wide and up to 7.6 metres thick is situated against the base of a low ridge on the south side of the Fraser Valley, 12 kilometres due east of Chilliwack.

A sample taken across a quarry face analysed 47.9 per cent CaO, 0.42 per cent MgO, 10.2 per cent insolubles, 0.96 per cent R2O3, 0.69 per cent Fe2O3, 0.007 per cent MnO, 0.032 per cent P2O5, 0.08 per cent sulphur and 39.70 per cent ignition loss (Bulletin 40, page 100).

The travertine was quarried during 1954 by C.C. Shaver for agricultural purposes, but no production figures are available.

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

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