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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  18-Oct-1988 by Jonathan N. Rouse (JNR)

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Name GREAT GLACIER, GLACIER MOUNTAIN, CRAIG RIVER Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104B071
Status Showing NTS Map 104B13W
Latitude 056º 47' 42'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 131º 51' 03'' Northing 6298192
Easting 325896
Commodities Kyanite, Sillimanite, Garnet Deposit Types P02 : Kyanite-sillimanite schists
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Plutonic Rocks, Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Great Glacier occurrence is an area which extends from the International Boundary, south of the Great Glacier and southeast to the valley of Craig River. The area has been described (in Geo- logic Survey of Canada Memoir 246, page 23) as crystalline schists and gneisses. The less altered schists include biotite, sericite, chlorite, and hornblende which exhibit a well developed cleavage. The more crystalline schists in the occurrence area are dominantly mica schists, with large crystals of hornblende, brown garnet, silli- manite or staurolite. Other minerals, other than the typical mica, quartz, and feldspar, include kyanite, ottrelite, actinolite, tourmaline, apatite, andalusite, and minor graphite.

Bibliography
EMPR OF 1988-26
GSC MAP 9-1957; 311A; 1418A
GSC MEM *246, p. 23
GSC P 89-1E, pp. 145-154
EMPR PFD 671585

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