MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 104N 133

File Created:	01-Dec-1988	by	Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:	14-Oct-2021	by	George Owsiacki (GO)

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		NMI
Name	TAGISH COAL	Mining Division	Atlin
		BCGS Map	104N051
Status	Showing	NTS Map	104N12W
Latitude	059º 33' 59''	UTM	08 (NAD 83)
Longitude	133º 56' 06''	Northing	6603605
		Easting	560177
Commodities	Coal	Deposit Types	A04 : Bituminous coal
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Overlap Assemblage, Cache Creek

Capsule Geology

The Tagish Coal occurrence is reported to occur on the south side of Graham Inlet, about 8 kilometres southwest of Taku Landing and 13 kilometres west of the community of Atlin.

The area south of Tagish Inlet is underlain primarily by argillite, greywacke, and wacke of the Lower Jurassic Laberge Group (Inklin Formation). Overlying this and exposed at higher elevations are conglomerate and sandstone of the Lower Eocene Sloko Group. North of Tagish Lake are undifferentiated rocks consisting mainly of volcanics of probable Triassic age.

Identified from Paper 1986-5 (Coal in Northwestern British Columbia), the existence of the coal showing has not been confirmed.


Bibliography	EMPR BULL 105 EMPR GEOS MAP 1997-1; 2004-4 EMPR OF 1990-22; 1992-8; 1996-11 EMPR P *1986-5 EMPR PFD 841214, 841215, 841223, 672676, 672688, 674336, 674337, 674338, 674339, 674344 GSC MEM 307 GSC MAP 1082A; 1418A GSC OF 864