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MINFILE No  104I 091
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  09-May-2013 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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Name MOOSE LAKES Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104I061
Status Showing NTS Map 104I12W
Latitude 058º 37' 27'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 129º 58' 13'' Northing 6498611
Easting 443650
Commodities Limestone Deposit Types R09 : Limestone
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Cache Creek
Capsule Geology

A mass of Permian limestone of the Teslin Formation (Cache Creek Complex) outcrops over a 3.8 by 5 kilometre area between Moose Lakes and Dease Lake. The limestone is underlain by a sequence of chert, argillite and slate. The rock is comprised of well bedded to massive, crystalline, foraminiferal limestone.
Bibliography
EMPR IND MIN FILE (Limestone Occurrences in British Columbia by McCammon, J.W. 1973, p. 35 (in Ministry Library))
EMPR OF 1996-11
GSC OF 610; 2262; 2779
GSC BULL 504
GSC MAP 9-1957; 29-1962; 1418A; 1712A
GSC P 78-1A, pp. 25-27
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