MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 092C 095

File Created:	30-Jun-1989	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:	21-Jun-1990	by	Dorthe E. Jakobsen (DEJ)

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		NMI
Name	UCHUCKLESIT INLET, BARCLAY SOUND	Mining Division	Alberni
		BCGS Map	092C096
Status	Showing	NTS Map	092C15W
Latitude	048º 59' 07''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	124º 58' 33''	Northing	5427700
		Easting	355444
Commodities	Limestone	Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt	Insular	Terrane	Wrangell

Capsule Geology

The Uchucklesit Inlet limestone showing extends northwest for 1.7 kilometres along the northeast shore of the inlet and onto Limestone Island near the entrance to Alberni Inlet.

The limestone, of the Upper Triassic Quatsino Formation (Vancouver Group), is in contact with Lower Jurassic Bonanza Group volcanics to the northeast.

The 200 metre wide limestone block is fault-bounded, tightly folded and intruded by dykes. Bedding strikes 050 to 090 degrees and dips 25 to 45 degrees southeast.

Bibliography

EMPR AR 1911-208

EMPR FIELDWORK 1989, pp. 503-510

EMPR OF 1988-24; RGS 24, 1990

EMPR PF (In 092C General File - Aeromagnetic Contour Map, Nitinat Lake Area, Noranda Mines Ltd., date unknown)

GSC BULL 23; 40

GSC MAP 1386A

GSC MEM 13

GSC OF 463; 821; 1272

GSC P 72-44; 76-1A; 79-30

GSC SUM RPT 1902, p. 62

CANMET RPT 811, Part 5, p. 141

Carson, D.J.T. (1968): Metallogenic study of Vancouver Island with emphasis on the relationships of mineral deposits to plutonic rocks, Ph.D. Thesis, Carleton University

Cummings, J.M. (1937): Possibilities for the Manufacture of Mineral Wool; B.C. Government Publication

EMPR PFD 700045