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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  19-Aug-2009 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI
Name ILTZUL RIDGE, SANDY LAKE Mining Division Cariboo
BCGS Map 093H014
Status Showing NTS Map 093H03E
Latitude 053º 07' 38'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 12' 59'' Northing 5887909
Easting 619341
Commodities Limestone, Dolomite Deposit Types R09 : Limestone
Tectonic Belt Foreland Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

The Lower Cambrian Mural Formation of the Upper Proterozoic-Cambrian Cariboo Group extends northwest from Sandy Lake along Iltzul Ridge for 19 kilometres. The belt varies from 0.5 to 2.5 kilometres in width. Bedding generally strikes northwest and dips between 20 and 35 degrees northeast.

Two carbonate members separated by shale are contained within the formation. The lower member is comprised of oolitic and bioclastic fossiliferous limestone. The upper carbonate member is made up almost entirely of massive beds of dolomitic micrite.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL 47, pp. 24-29, Figure 2
GSC MEM 149
GSC OF 844
GSC P 72-35, pp. 18-19,51
GSC MAP 1356A; 1424A; 1538G

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