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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  06-Feb-1992 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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NMI
Name PEACE RIVER, CLEARWATER CREEK, WILLISTON LAKE Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 093O084
Status Showing NTS Map 093O14E
Latitude 055º 53' 18'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 123º 12' 09'' Northing 6193670
Easting 487334
Commodities Limestone Deposit Types R09 : Limestone
Tectonic Belt Foreland Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

A band of limestone of the Middle Devonian Dunedin Formation outcrops on the east arm of Williston Lake (formerly the Peace River), 6 kilometres east of the mouth of Clearwater Creek, and continues southeastward for 25 kilometres. Exposed widths vary up to 2.5 kilometres. The southern half of the band is folded about the crest of a northwest trending syncline.

The band is comprised of limestone and argillaceous limestone that is locally replaced by massive dolomite. Calcareous shale and minor sandstone are also present.

Bibliography
EMPR IND MIN FILE (Limestone Occurrences in British Columbia by McCammon, J.W. 1973, p. 267 (in Ministry Library))
GSC MAP 11-1961
GSC OF 925

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