| This map area covers the northern most coastal area of the province and
contains 48 recorded mineral occurrences. The area occurs mainly within the Coast
Crystalline Belt and is underlain by Paleozoic metamorphic rock of the Central Gneiss
Complex. Igneous rock of the Cretaceous to Tertiary Coast Plutonic Complex covers large
portions of the map area. The most notable occurrence in the area is the Edye
Pass Mine (103J
015) which, from 1919 to 1939, produced more than 600,000 grams of gold, 200,000 grams
of silver and 4000 kilograms of copper. Other notable commodities in the map area include
limestone/marble, iron/magnetite, lead, zinc and graphite. |
BC Geological Survey Publications for
NTS 103J
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