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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  11-Mar-1991 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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Name SWANSON GRANITE, L & H QUARRY, LOT 1331 Mining Division Vancouver
BCGS Map 092G042
Status Past Producer NTS Map 092G05W
Latitude 049º 28' 37'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 123º 45' 55'' Northing 5480759
Easting 444562
Commodities Granite, Dimension Stone, Building Stone Deposit Types R03 : Dimension stone - granite
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The Swanson Quarry is a small granite quarry located about 1 kilometre west of Sechelt.

The quarry was developed in Jurassic granodiorite of the Jurassic to Tertiary Coast Plutonic Complex.

A small granite quarry was located on the top of a rounded knoll, about 0.64 kilometres southwest of the Porpoise Bay wharf at Sechelt. A similar granite quarry, the Trail Bay (092GNW051), lies 1.4 kilometres to the southwest.

The granodiorite is medium to coarse-grained and light grey in colour. Thin sections show the rock to be comprised of quartz and oligoclase-andesine, with lesser amounts of orthoclase, biotite and hornblende. The granodiorite is cut by many vertical joints spaced 0.3 to 1.8 metres apart. Blocks with dimensions of up to 0.9 by 0.9 by 0.9 metres have been removed from the quarry.

The quarry was opened in 1970 by L. and H. Swanson of Sechelt. Some time after its opening the quarry was observed to be 37 metres wide with a 2.4 to 3 metre high face. No production figures are available.

Bibliography
EMPR FIELDWORK 1986, pp. 319, 322, 323
EMPR GEM *1970-492
EMPR OF 1991-20
GSC MAP 42-1963; 1069A; 1386A
GSC OF 611
GSC P 90-1F, pp. 95-107
Ditson, G.M. (1978): Metallogeny of the Vancouver-Hope Area, British Columbia, M.Sc. Thesis, University of British Columbia
EMPR PFD 507158, 507282, 680649

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