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MINFILE No  092INW093
File Created: 24-Mar-1988 by Peter B. Reid (PBR)
Last Edit:  21-Jul-1997 by Peter B. Reid (PBR)

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Name EAST BLUE RIDGE, BLUE RIDGE RANCH Mining Division Lillooet
BCGS Map 092I081
Status Showing NTS Map 092I13W
Latitude 050º 53' 28'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 52' 21'' Northing 5638322
Easting 579300
Commodities Bentonite Deposit Types E06 : Bentonite
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Overlap Assemblage, Methow
Capsule Geology

An area 100 by 100 by 30 metres of slumped bentonite outcrop constitutes the East Blue Ridge showing. Although only a single outcrop area exists, additional material may subcrop beneath the benches. Eocene Kamloops Group volcanics appear to underly the area.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL 44
EMPR FIELDWORK 1981, pp. 270,271; *1987, pp. 411-415
EMPR OF 1987-18; 1988-29
GSC MAP 1010A; 1386A; 42-1989
GSC MEM 262
GSC OF 165; 866; 980
GSC P 46-8; 47-10; 73-1A, p. 212; 74-49; 82-1A, pp. 293-297; 85-1A, pp. 349-358
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