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MINFILE No 093M 171

File Created:	19-Dec-1991	by	Ron McMillan (RHM)
Last Edit:	19-Dec-1991	by	Ron McMillan (RHM)

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		NMI
Name	SKEENA	Mining Division	Omineca
		BCGS Map	093M032
Status	Showing	NTS Map	093M05E
Latitude	055º 21' 41''	UTM	09 (NAD 83)
Longitude	127º 40' 24''	Northing	6135809
		Easting	584098
Commodities	Coal	Deposit Types	A04 : Bituminous coal
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Overlap Assemblage

Capsule Geology

The Skeena coal occurrence is reported to occur on the west side of the Skeena River, 2.4 kilometres above the junction with the Kispiox River.

The host rocks are folded and deformed shales, greywackes and conglomerates of the Lower Cretaceous Kitsuns Creek Formation, Skeena Group.

Analysis of a specimen yielded 1.65 per cent moisture, 22.86 per cent volatile matter, 50.2 per cent fixed carbon and 25.47 per cent ash (Geological Survey of Canada Summary Report 1911).


Bibliography	EMPR P 1986-5, p. 18 GSC MEM 69, pp. 163-167; 223, pp. 93-95 GSC SUM RPT 1909, p. 67; 1911, p. 89-90; 1912, p. 101 GSC BULL 270 GSC P 73-31 GSC OF 2322 EMPR PFD 681489