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File Created: 24-May-1991 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:  22-Jun-2009 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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Name MAEFORD LAKE, SLATER, SLATER MOUNTAIN INDUSTRIES Mining Division Clinton
BCGS Map 093A076
Status Past Producer NTS Map 093A14E, 093A15W
Latitude 052º 47' 49'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 120º 59' 23'' Northing 5851577
Easting 635535
Commodities Marble, Dimension Stone, Building Stone Deposit Types R04 : Dimension stone - marble
R09 : Limestone
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Cariboo
Capsule Geology

Marble of the Hadrynian Cunningham Formation(?) of the Upper Proterozoic Cariboo Group has been quarried at Maeford Lake, 100 kilometres east-southeast of Quesnel.

The marble is medium grained, milky white in colour and is occasionally cut by pyrite stringers. The marble also locally contains patches of tremolite.

Slater Mountain Industries began a hand operation quarrying the beautiful white marble in 1990. The marble was sold locally for use as dimension stone. The deposit is classed as producing less than 100,000 tonnes per year (Mineral Market Update July, 1991).

Bibliography
EMPR Mineral Market Update *July, 1991
EMPR OF 1987-9; 1989-14, 20; 1990-31; 1992-1; 1992-9; 2001-11
EMPR BULL 47
EMPR P 1990-3
GSC MAP 12-1959; 1424A; 42-1961; 1-1963; 1538G
GSC OF 574; 844
GSC P 70-1A

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