MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 092GSW041

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	14-May-1986	by	Eileen Van der Flier Keller (EVFK)

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		NMI
Name	NO. 1 MINE, #1 MINE, WESTERN FUEL NO. 1, PROTECTION ISLAND, OLD NO. 1, NANAIMO COLLIERY, ESPLANADE, DOUGLAS SEAM, VANCOUVER COAL	Mining Division	Nanaimo
		BCGS Map	092G011
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	092G04W
Latitude	049º 09' 41''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	123º 55' 35''	Northing	5445810
		Easting	432461
Commodities	Coal	Deposit Types	A04 : Bituminous coal
Tectonic Belt	Insular	Terrane	Overlap Assemblage

Capsule Geology

The No. 1 mine was the most important mine in the Douglas Seam, having operated for 55 years (between 1881 and 1938) and produced approximately 17 million tonnes. The workings extended east underwater to within 0.4 kilometre of Jack Point and south to the south shore of Nanaimo Harbour.

The seam, which is of high volatile bituminous rank, varies in thickness from 1 to 4 metres. The roof and floor rocks vary from shaly sandstone to sandstone and the roof is commonly faulted. The Newcastle Seam which occurs approximately 20 metres below the Douglas Seam was also mined at the No. 1 mine. The Douglas and Newcastle seams occur within the Newcastle Member of the Upper Cretaceous Pender Formation, Nanaimo Group.

The strata strike northwest and dip shallowly northeast. To the west the beds are cut off by a northwest trending fault.

Bibliography

EMPR AR 1882-365; 1883-415,422; 1884-426,434; 1885-504,509; 1886-240,242,248; 1887-281,283,292; 1888-329,331,340; 1889-294- 297,304; 1890-381-384,392; 1891-578-582,591; 1892-548-552,591; 1893-1093-1097,1106; 1894-759-762,770; 1895-713-716,725; 1896-584-586,595; 1897-620-623; 1898-1165,1169-1174; 1899-832-833; 1900-956-960; 1901-1204-1206; 1902-268; 1903-221; 1904-277; 1905-227; 1906-224-225; 1907-175-177; 1908-201-204; 1909-230-232; 1910-185-186; 1911-225-228; 1912-253-255; 1913-342-344; 1914-438-440; 1915-385-387; 1916-455-457; 1917-387-389; 1918-407,409-411; 1919-304-306; 1920-265,272; 1921-277,281-283; 1922-284,290-292; 1923-311, 315-318; 1924-301,305-309; 1925-336,374-377; 1926-341,377-379; 1927-370,411-414; 1928-392,444-447; 1929-404,456-457; 1930-381,387-390; 1931-178,214-216; 1932-228,262-263; 1933-277,326; 1934-G2,G20-G22; 1935-G2,G19; 1936-G4,G34-G35; 1937-G5,G23; 1938-G4,G25

EMPR COAL ASS RPT 92

EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 441-450; 1988, pp. 553-558

GSC MAP *42-1963; 1069A; 1386A

GSC MEM 51; 69

GSC OF 611

GSC P *47-22; 69-25; *70-53; 89-4

Ditson, G.M. (1978): Metallogeny of the Vancouver-Hope Area, British Columbia, M.Sc. Thesis, University of British Columbia

Times Colonist, Islander May 2, 1999, pp. 4-5

EMPR PFD 202150, 248028, 248052, 248054, 248055, 751135, 751136, 751137, 751138, 751139, 751385, 751386, 895410, 751411, 751412, 751413, 751414, 751415, 751416, 751417, 751418, 751419, 751420, 751421, 751422, 751472, 751473, 751474, 751475, 751477, 751479, 751126, 753045, 753046, 753047, 753048, 751114, 751129, 751396, 751397, 751398, 751399, 751400, 751401, 751402, 751403, 751404, 751405, 751406, 751407, 751408, 751409, 751410, 752059, 752060, 752062, 752065, 752984, 752991, 753002, 502408, 502414, 502425, 502426, 503851, 504821, 521800