MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 094A 005

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	12-Mar-1991	by	Greg K. Kulla (Fox Consultants) (GKK)

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		NMI
Name	ROLLA FERRY	Mining Division	Liard
		BCGS Map	094A020
Status	Showing	NTS Map	094A01E
Latitude	056º 07' 50''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	120º 02' 42''	Northing	6224544
		Easting	683644
Commodities	Shale, Clay	Deposit Types	B06 : Fireclay E07 : Sedimentary kaolin
Tectonic Belt	Foreland	Terrane	Ancestral North America

Capsule Geology

The Rolla Ferry occurrence lies 400 metres east of the Rolla Ferry north landing, approximately 50 kilometres east south-east of the town of Fort St. John.

Lower Cretaceous Fort St. John Group clay-rich shales were sampled by the Industrial Mineral Division of the Department on Mines and Technical Surveys in 1959. Shale outcrops in deep stream valleys and along roadcuts. The samples were collected as part of a regional program testing the ceramic properties of various clay-rich deposits.


Bibliography	EMPR AR 1957-81 EMR Industrial Minerals Report 496 GSC MAP 17-1958