MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 092HSW157

File Created:	19-Mar-1991	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:	19-Mar-1991	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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		NMI
Name	VALLEY GRANITE, CHEAM VIEW	Mining Division	New Westminster
		BCGS Map	092H022
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	092H05E
Latitude	049º 15' 29''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	121º 40' 50''	Northing	5456981
		Easting	596007
Commodities	Granite, Building Stone, Dimension Stone, Aggregate	Deposit Types	R03 : Dimension stone - granite R15 : Crushed rock
Tectonic Belt	Coast Crystalline	Terrane	Plutonic Rocks

Capsule Geology

Granite was quarried 16 kilometres southwest of Hope along the west side of the Trans-Canada Highway. The quarry is developed in quartz diorite of the Miocene Mount Barr batholith.

The quarry was likely operated between 1953 and 1972 by Valley Granite Products Ltd. along with another quarry at Bridal Falls (092HSW104). Granite was crushed and ground for poultry grit, stucco dash, sand blasting material and filler in asphalt roofing.


Bibliography	EMPR AR 1953-186; 1954-177; 1955-91; 1956-149; 1957-78; 1958-86; 1959-152; 1960-136; 1961-142; 1962-148; 1963-139; 1964-182; 1965-260; 1966-262; 1967-301; 1968-297 EMPR GEM 1969-385; 1970-494; 1971-458; 1972-581; 1973-542 GSC MAP 737A; 1386A; 12-1969; 41-1989 GSC P 69-47; 89-1E; 90-1E EMPR PFD 826755