Bedrock and Surficial Geology of the Southern Nechako Plateau, Central British Columbia

Bedrock and Surficial Geology of the Southern Nechako Plateau, Central British Columbia

C143385 34 10 10 3b 9d 30 9e / 9et 50 25 0 Hoult L. 8 R 40 12 oa 10 LOCATION C143387 d 9di 45 12a 4a Kh 64.5±1.8 G 10 55 80 60 12b C143721 G 12b 33 2e 24 10 E Kenney Dam Vanderhoof 12 E 80 10 Road 8 12 4a "500" K 80 12 80 24 A 40 73 km 22 65 L 56 60 C203463 "R 1 9c ed" R 0 12 60 3at oa 0 0 d 76 km 9e 0 12 E 0 0 25 3at G 12b 15 1 65 12a Hoult L. 12b B 12 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BRANCH 20 C203461 10 B 12 60 E 25 12b N 40 12b 10 12 F/6 F/7 N A U 12 32 12a 3at E 010 12b T T 66 E B GEOSCIENCE MAP 1997-2 C 18 62 A 9c S 30 60 i km L 9e / 9et g o Res H 3a K 2 W 12 12a ak ervoir 6 25 30 20 ech 11 U 30 E 30 60 N A 12b 60 3b Z N K 32 12a O 9e 30 36 3a K 67 C203462 Yellow Moose 45 . 99 km 12 12 Mt. Swannell . R 9d Lake 12b BEDROCK AND SURFICIAL GEOLOGY F . S 3b 12b 12b A a F 3as 12a W ots 45 12 B O - e N s 3b 12 Fawnie Nose Fawnie sku Tatelkuz 56 n I lu 67 12b E Dome K 10 12a d Mtn. 52 12a OF THE SOUTHERN NECHAKO PLATEAU, O.F. 1993-14 O.F. 1995-17 3a 3b 3as 143388 50 4b 9et 12 142 km 4a 87 RA 5 63 F/3 F/2 66 3a 13 12 50 Kuyakuz d 12b R NG oa L C143392 C r " A CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA U t Mtn. Kb 49.2±1 K 41 r e 74 Cow L. P u e u E 43 p l 10? 50 d S e la B R " O a E a 5 NTIAK k E M o us - A Mt. Davidson r ( N E C H A K O 51 sk N e 12b R 75 lu v K i 44 52 1 G R 48 87 2 R 12a r) H E 0 E wate C S E R d 12b 50 34 0 NTS 93F/ 2, 3, 6, & 7 ck A V e 45 Tsacha (Bla E O I R 12a 66 80 12 Moose L. Road R ) R 4a Mtn. est 14 12b W 10 63 32 43 33 LS C H U 12 NAG HIL E U 61 70 74 12b LICO 19 F 50 By L.J. Diakow and V.M. Levson 39 12a O.F. 1994-2 O.F. 1995-16 10 2a? 12 G 12b 38 C056986 9e J C143722 12b 12b C177438 1 20 80 Scale 1:100 000 2 3a 52 H 60 54°30' 2 10 12 12 12 10 60 2e? ° ° Houston 12b 35 4a 35 0 2 4 6 8 10 8 9e J 4b 2a? 72 C177439 2 35 12b 4b 1 53 12 12b 41 15 Burns N 7 JAVA 50 12b 25 Lake C143390 30 30 Kilometres C203465 E Vanderhoof 12 70 40 38 4a F C177440 C C 50 1400 Prince LT 46 12 C203466 3as AU 7 H F 16 E C177437 H George D 47 Ah152±2 Z 60 A 5 3a KU KU 4b A 10 AL 12b C143713 2e P T 4b Z 12a NA 40 4a 70 20 C143715 K 4b 35 LEGEND L 93 F 10 60 12a C177435 21 C177436 A O 3a 78 C203467 20 C143391 12a 1 VOLCANIC AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS 10 20 12a 2 4a 10 0 65 r C143712 0 2e T e 5 12a 60 20 ter iv G C143720 12 E wa R 10 LATE QUATERNARY LOWER AND MIDDLE JURASSIC (continued) ack 12b 30 4b Bl Fluvial/glaciofluvial sand and gravel, lacustrine/glaciolacustrine sediments, and A 42 G HAZELTON GROUP (continued) 12b 4b C Tweedsmuir B 42 8 12b 12 organic deposits: geochemical signature generally regional and difficult to trace to U h 001 NAGLICO FORMATION 12a B J source; includes floodplain, terrace, delta, alluvial fan, outwash, esker, kame, peat Quesnel 3a e 12a 60 52 35 d E bog, swamp and marsh deposits. Note: See 1:50 000 scale Open File maps for Provincial a Limestone: white and grey; recrystallized; fossiliferous; 3 metre thick exposure Mt. 12b 68 k 3al F 60 12b 9e u internal subdivisions of this unit. R Swannell 17 z 12a 3a along the van Tine road. A 12 P S 00 C143716 12a Park L E 10 B 12 Morainal diamicton: dominantly basal tills; some glacially-derived debris flow Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone and subordinate granule-pebble conglomerate as A R C 12 deposits; geochemical signature generally local and traceable; diamicton massive 3as B T a 4b 71 recessive intervals between Unit 3a flows: green, angular feldspar and volcanic Anahim E 12 004 or crudely stratified, dense, unsorted to very poorly sorted; matrix sandy to silty A p B 12b 060 lithic clasts are the major detrital components, the clasts are generally off white and Lake U o clay; clasts up to boulder size; flutings and crag-and-tail features common; deposits 23 composed of aphanitic rhyolite; rare conglomerate composed of clasts up to 30 cm o 55 41 B 59 CH PLUTON thin (<1 m thick) on steep upper slopes and thicker on lower slopes. r s 12a F that are derived locally from Units 2c and 3a. Abundant bivalves and rare Bella e 12b v e 022 A 31 44 Williams i U ammonites. Coola L Resedimented glacial debris: sandy diamicton, gravel and sand; dominantly glacial Lake R 12 57 T 12a 29 12b debris flow deposits with interbedded and/or overlying sands and gravels; common 52° 0 Mainly lapilli tuff and lesser breccia dominated by fragments of Unit 3a. 0 B B 36 3at 0 30 along meltwater channels and within areas of hummocky topography. 1 CAPOOSE 85 25 12a B 021 12b 28 Lapilli tuff, ash tuff and crystal-ash tuff, rare accretionary lapilli tuff: maroon and 9e BATHOLITH 40 C 12a 3b 1 r Thin till and colluvial deposits: unsorted or very poorly sorted diamicton with light green; minute (generally 1.5 mm) broken quartz grains are diagnostic but ke 2 e Kb 48.8±1.3 12b Approximate mean magnetic declination (1986) for centre of map is 25°48' or 459 mils decreasing 14.4' per year. B La Tutlai 0 12a e abundant angular clasts of local bedrock; occurs mainly as veneers less than B Mtn. 50 12b 0 k Kh 51.8±1.8 scarce (1-2%); faint to distinctly layered fine grained interbeds, local internal Universal Transverse Mercator Grid Zone 10 B 23 26 Uz 51.8±1 1200 12b 1 metre thick over bedrock in upland areas; locally includes thicker colluvial fan grading; similar bedded tuffs recur upsection in Unit 5 in the northern Fawnie 33 se 12 5 H and talus deposits at the base of steep slopes. oo 3a 35 12a Range. 31 C ap 45 r e C 60 e B d 12 k 12 a 3a Dacitic porphyry flows: maroon, local faint flow laminae. B B 12b 12 o 82 12b 4a 3c 4b R NEOGENE - MIOCENE TO PLIOCENE 30 ce 1400 Servi 2e 70 CHILCOTIN GROUP ENTIAKO FORMATION (EARLY TOARCIAN TO AALENIAN (?)) 12a 12 12b 12b 28 12a 60 12b 4b st 5 2e 30 45 Olivine basalt lava flows: weather brown, crudely layered and columnar jointed, 75 3a ore 11 Rhyolitic lapilli tuff and rare accretionary lapilli tuff: light pink or off white, 1 F 4a 50 0 039 massive to vesicular, typically aphanitic or olivine phyric. 2a 0 12 1 67 63 12b characterized by up to 5% angular quartz, and potassium-bearing lithic fragments. 0 70 4 12 57 76 0 Symbols 0 4a 5 a 73 Exposed best in the vicinity of Kuyakuz Mountain. Kb 67.1±2.3 E ts 78 Rare friable black mudstone and sandstone; may contain plant debris. Stratigraphic contact (approximate) . 50 91762 5 o 4a 45 84 44 66 11a E -O T 50 C143383 s B 30 u 3a Sandstone and siltstone composed mainly of angular plagioclase and subordinate Intrusive contact (approximate) . B k 33 A 2as 12b s 12a 28 12 Uz ~70 u T 12a quartz grains: gradational above and laterally with tuffs of Unit 2a. High angle fault (assumed) . C203475 l o K PALEOGENE - UPPER EOCENE k E 80 12b Thrust fault (assumed) . Uz 71.9+2/-0.2 80 040 a 54 L 5 12 i 12b ENDAKO GROUP Waterlain mafic ash and lapilli tuff: well bedded, dominated by finely vesicular and t 12a 12 K Bedding, flow layering . 9et 4b 2b n Uz 142±0.6 3b E Basaltic andesite and andesitic lava flows: weather buff grey-green, fresh surface amygdaloidal basaltic lapilli. Locally underlies units 2a and 2as at Kuyakuz Foliation . 12 U 10 E 12 65 12b Uz 157.6+5.2/0.3 12b 12b Z lustrous black, aphanitic to sparsely porphyritic, contain plagioclase and Mountain. Fossil locality [macrofossil (F), palynology (Fp); GSC location number] . F C143834 8 65 2c 34 5? 4a 40 16 microscopic augite and hypersthene, rarely amygdaloidal with scarce amygdules Age determination site [method Ar-Ar (A), K-Ar (K), U-Pb (U); age in m.y.

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