MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082FSW348

File Created:	06-Mar-1991	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:	06-Mar-1991	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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		NMI
Name	B & B	Mining Division	Nelson
		BCGS Map	082F004
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	082F03W
Latitude	049º 01' 33''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	117º 18' 02''	Northing	5430371
		Easting	478028
Commodities	Flagstone, Dimension Stone, Building Stone, Quartzite	Deposit Types	R08 : Flagstone
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Ancestral North America

Capsule Geology

The B & B quartzite occurrence is situated 5 kilometres east of Remac, west of Creggan Creek near Nelway.

The quarry is reported to be developed in Lower Cambrian quartzite (Exploration in B.C 1978), presumably of the Quartzite Range Formation. However, Geological Survey of Canada Open File 1195 shows the area to be underlain entirely by carbonates of the Middle Cambrian Nelway Formation.

A total of 360 tonnes of quartzite were produced for facing stone, ashlar and flagstone by T. Brown of Salmo in 1978.


Bibliography	EMPR BULL 41; 109 EMPR EXPL *1978-284 EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 19-30; 1988, pp. 33-43; 1989, pp. 11-27; 1990, pp. 9-31 EMPR INF CIRC 1988-6, p. 26 EMPR OF 1988-1; 1989-11; 1990-8; 1990-9; 1991-2; 1991-16 GSC MAP 51-4A; 3-1956, 1145A GSC MEM 308 GSC OF 1195 GSC P 51-4