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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  24-Jun-2013 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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Name FRENCH RANGE Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104J068
Status Showing NTS Map 104J10E
Latitude 058º 39' 59'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 130º 35' 26'' Northing 6503999
Easting 407742
Commodities Limestone Deposit Types R09 : Limestone
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Cache Creek
Capsule Geology

Various parallel bands of Permian limestone of the Teslin Formation (Cache Creek Complex) extend west-northwest from Little Dease Creek and Killarney Creek along French Range, just west of Dease Lake.

The bands of limestone are the result of repeated folding of the Teslin Formation and underlying tuff and agglomerate of the Permian French Range Formation (Cache Creek Complex). The most significant band outcrops for 30 kilometres northwestward to the Tuya River along the west limb of a syncline. The limestone unit is estimated to be at least 300 metres thick.

The bands are generally composed of fine to medium grained, massive to bedded, dark grey limestone that has undergone variable amounts of dolomitization and minor silicification. Some silica nodules and thin chert layers (less than 1 centimetre) are present. Rare argillite interbeds also occur. The limestone becomes tuffaceous at the contact with the underlying French Range Formation.

Bibliography
EMPR IND MIN FILE (Limestone Occurrences in British Columbia by McCammon, J.W. 1973, p. 35)
EMPR PF (104J General File - Claim map 73M, Dec. 1970)
EMPR OF 1996-11
GSC BULL 504
GSC MAP 9-1957; 21-1962; 1418A; 1712A; 1713A
GSC SUM RPT 1925, Part A, pp. 33A-99A
GSC OF 707; 2779
GSC P *68-48, pp. 19-24; 74-47, p. 5

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