MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 093B 043

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	27-Jan-1989	by	David G. Bailey (DGB)

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		NMI
Name	LOT 385	Mining Division	Cariboo
		BCGS Map	093B098
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	093B16W
Latitude	052º 59' 20''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	122º 29' 45''	Northing	5871153
		Easting	533843
Commodities	Clay	Deposit Types	B06 : Fireclay E07 : Sedimentary kaolin
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Overlap Assemblage

Capsule Geology

The Lot 385 deposit is located adjacent to the town of Quesnel, on the west bank of the Quesnel River. The deposit has previously been worked for the manufacture of brick but no production figures are available.

The area is underlain by sedimentary rocks of probable Oligocene age which were deposited on Pennsylvanian to Triassic rocks of the Cache Creek Group. The Tertiary deposits are mainly of freshwater derivation and include coal measures of the Fraser River Formation (093B 10, 37, and 36).

The deposit consists of a 5 metre thick bed of grey clay over- lain by a metre of carbonaceous clay and a further 1.2 metres of silt and clay. The deposit has been worked in the past for the manu- facture of bricks.


Bibliography	EMPR BULL 30, p. 53 EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 167-181 EMPR PF (See 93B General File - 16 Area; See 93G General File - Quesnel Area) GSC MAP 12-1959; 1424A GSC MEM 118, p. 73