MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 103J 001

File Created:	02-Sep-1986	by	Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:	01-Jan-0001	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)

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		NMI
Name	PEARSE IS	Mining Division	Skeena
		BCGS Map	103J079
Status	Showing	NTS Map	103J16W
Latitude	054º 47' 19''	UTM	09 (NAD 83)
Longitude	130º 23' 06''	Northing	6072148
		Easting	410941
Commodities	Limestone	Deposit Types	R09 : Limestone
Tectonic Belt	Coast Crystalline	Terrane	Undivided Metamorphic Assembl.

Capsule Geology

Several zones of limestone, 1 to 3 metres thick, occur along the southeast coast of Pearse Island. The limestone is intercalated with pelitic schists comprising mainly of biotite, hornblende and garnet.

Although the age of the strata (Unit 2C), in which the limestone occurs, or the time of their metamorphism is unknown, the unit probably includes Paleozoic and possibly Early Mesozoic strata (Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 394).


Bibliography	EMPR IND MIN FILE (Limestone Occurrences in British Columbia by McCammon, J.W. 1973, p. 33 (in Ministry Library)) GSC MAP 12-1966; 1385A; 1472A GSC MEM 394, p. 31 GSC P 66-33 EMPR PFD 18141