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File Created: 24-Mar-1988 by Peter B. Reid (PBR)
Last Edit:  02-Mar-1991 by David G. Bailey (DGB)

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NMI
Name WARD CREEK Mining Division Lillooet
BCGS Map 092O020
Status Showing NTS Map 092O01E
Latitude 051º 07' 56'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 05' 28'' Northing 5664921
Easting 563594
Commodities Volcanic Glass Deposit Types R12 : Volcanic glass - perlite
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Methow, Overlap Assemblage
Capsule Geology

Within Eocene volcanic rocks on the eastern margin of the Chilcotin Plateau are deposits of volcanic glass which, in both hand specimen and thin section has the characteristics of perlite. Most of the volcanic rocks of the region are breccias and tuffs but in some areas volcanic flows in which the matrix is mainly glass have been extruded.

The Ward Creek glass showing is a subvertical flow which yields about 9 per cent H2O but is not expandable upon heating. To the northwest, there is no outcrop between this occurrence and that of Mooney's Ranch (092O 104). It is likely, however, that both occurrences are part of the same, mainly drift covered, flow.

Bibliography
EMPR FIELDWORK *1987, pp. 411-415
EMPR OF 1988-29
GSC OF 534; 2207

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