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MINFILE No 093M 172

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

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		NMI
Name	SHEGUNIA	Mining Division	Omineca
		BCGS Map	093M032
Status	Showing	NTS Map	093M05E
Latitude	055º 22' 32''	UTM	09 (NAD 83)
Longitude	127º 38' 57''	Northing	6137415
		Easting	585599
Commodities	Coal	Deposit Types	A04 : Bituminous coal
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Overlap Assemblage

Capsule Geology

The Shegunia coal occurrence is located on the east bank of the Skeena River, 3 to 5 kilometres above the junction with the Shegunia River (Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 223 and Summary Report 1909).

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

Three coal seams are exposed which range from 0.6 to 1.6 metres in thickness. Analysis of the two thickest seams are as follows: 20.92 to 21.62 per cent ash, 57.29 to 58.20 per cent fixed carbon, 18.76 to 20.63 per cent volatile matter and 1.18 to 1.42 per cent moisture (Geological Survey of Canada Summary Report 1909).


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; 1912, p. 101 GSC BULL 270 GSC P 73-31 GSC OF 2322 EMPR PFD 681489