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MINFILE No  092ISW081
File Created: 31-Mar-1987 by Allan Wilcox (AFW)
Last Edit:  21-Mar-1991 by Shielagh N. Banfield (SNB)

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NMI
Name CANFORD Mining Division Nicola
BCGS Map 092I015
Status Showing NTS Map 092I03E
Latitude 050º 09' 16'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 01' 17'' Northing 5557677
Easting 641341
Commodities Gypsum Deposit Types F02 : Bedded gypsum
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The location of the Canford showing is described only as north of the Merritt-Spences Bridge Road, 1.5 kilometres west of Canford.

Rocks in the area are Upper Triassic Nicola Group volcanics. Gypsite, as much as 2 metres thick, underlies an area 280 metres long and 65 metres wide. British Columbia Cement Company shipped over 0.9 tonnes from the deposit in 1926.

Bibliography
GSC MAP 1010A; 1386A; *42-1989
GSC MEM 262
GSC P 46-8; 47-10
CANMET RPT *714-69
EMPR PFD 843034, 843036, 843111, 843113, 843120, 843122, 672021, 672022
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