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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  25-May-2007 by Sarah Meredith-Jones (SMJ)

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NMI 093L6 Col2
Name DENY'S CREEK, CLARK FORK Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093L044
Status Prospect NTS Map 093L06E, 093L06W
Latitude 054º 24' 30'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 15' 06'' Northing 6030363
Easting 613472
Commodities Coal Deposit Types A04 : Bituminous coal
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Bowser Lake
Capsule Geology

Up to 4 coal seams occur in the Telkwa coal measures interbedded with mudstone, siltstone and sandstone of the Lower Cretaceous Skeena Group. Four seams may be present in the south central part of the property with the aggregate thickness of the seams in the south ranging from 3 metres to greater than 6 metres. In the northern part of the property fewer seams are present. Analyses of three samples from the property indicate the following ash, volatile matter, fixed carbon, sulphur and BTU per pound ranges on a dry basis: 10.19 to 60.75 per cent; 29.61 to 30.95 per cent; 54.33 to 58.86 per cent; 0.45 to 1.69 per cent and 11,923 to 12,646 respectively. The sedimentary section ranges from 0 to 250 metres in thickness and individual beds are lensed and pinch out laterally.

The structure, interpreted from photogeology, consists of a northeast trending normal fault, to the southeast of which are two small synclines. The general dip on the northwest side of the fault ranges from 15 to 35 degrees northwest.

Bibliography
EMPR COAL ASS RPT *233
EMPR FIELDWORK *1982, pp. 113-122; *1983, pp. 81-90
EMPR INF CIRC 1989-5
EMPR MAP 69-1
EMPR P *1986-5, p. 17, Fig. 1; 1991-2
GSC BULL *270
GSC MEM 69
GSC OF 351
GSC P 73-31, *89-4, pp. 39-41

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