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File Created: 09-May-1989 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:  01-Jan-0001 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)

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Name TRIANGLE Mining Division Nanaimo
BCGS Map 092K014
Status Showing NTS Map 092K03W
Latitude 050º 11' 39'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 125º 16' 16'' Northing 5562688
Easting 337900
Commodities Copper, Lead Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Wrangell
Capsule Geology

The area is underlain by Upper Triassic Karmutsen Formation volcanics of the Vancouver Group. These are interbedded with, and overlain to the northeast by a northwest trending belt of Quatsino Formation limestone (Vancouver Group) known historically as the "lime-belt". The Vancouver Group rocks are in fault and/or intrusive contact to the northeast with intrusive rocks of the Coast Plutonic Complex.

On the Triangle showing a few grains of chalcopyrite, galena, arsenopyrite and pyrite are scattered along a narrow zone of shearing where it traverses crystalline limestone. The presence of small black needle-like crystals of tourmaline arranged in sheaf-like aggregates were observed along joint planes in the limestone.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL 23; 40
GSC MAP 120A; 1386A
GSC MEM *23, p. 134
GSC OF 463; 480
GSC P 70-1A, pp. 44-49; 71-1A, pp. 31-33; 72-1A, pp. 21-23; 73-1A, pp. 42,43
GSC SUM RPT 1913, pp. 53-75
EMPR PFD 11959

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