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MINFILE No  103J 030
File Created: 09-Sep-1986 by Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:  23-Dec-1988 by Jonathan N. Rouse (JNR)

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NMI
Name SMITH ISLAND Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 103J020
Status Showing NTS Map 103J01E
Latitude 054º 08' 39'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 130º 09' 26'' Northing 6000181
Easting 424409
Commodities Granite, Dimension Stone, Building Stone Deposit Types R03 : Dimension stone - granite
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The area is underlain by the northern edge of the Cretaceous to Tertiary Smith Island Pluton. The rock is a medium to fine-grained grey granodiorite with a specific gravity of 2.79. Near vertical joints strike 160 degrees and infrequent cross joints strike 075 degrees.

Bibliography
GSC MAP 12-1966; 1385A; 1472A
GSC MEM 394
GSC P 66-33
CANMET RPT *#452, pp. 95-97
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