Andesite

Specimen Summary

Porphyritic andesite

Locality description: Borrow pit on the east side of Highway 16 just past the bridge over Boulder Creek, approximately 10.8 km north of Moricetown
Structure: Outcrop on the west side of the road shows a contact between thin bedded dark grey tuffs and massive porphyritic andesite flows. The contact dips moderately to the north suggesting the beds here have been tilted in that direction.
Geological Environment: The rocks exposed at this locality and elsewhere in the Rocher Deboule Range were deposited as lava flows and air fall tuffs during the formation of a large late Cretaceous volcanic center.
Age constraints: A sample of porphyritic andesite collected from outcrop on the west side of the road yielded an Ar-Ar isotopic age of 83ma (needs reference)
Notes on stratigraphic assignment: Porphyritic andesite similar to that exposed at this locality and forms a prominent unit within the Rocher Deboule Range. It was originally mapped by Sutherland-Brown as the Brian Boru Formation and was believed to be early Cretaceous. The porphyritic andesite flows are now believed to be late Creataceous and correlative with the Kasalka Group. Elsewhere in the region the Kasalka Group sits unconformably on older early Cretaceous Skeena Group sedimentary rocks (e.g. Sutherland Browns' Red Rose formation in the Rocher Deboule Range) and the Rocky Ridge volcanics.

Specimen Data

 

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Collection Details

Original Collection:

Smithers Exploration Group (SEG)

Sub Collection:

Tour

Collection ID:

DMA18-003

Virtual Museum ID:

19-DMA18-003

Accessibility:

Date Added to VM:

2019-02-21

Location Information

Sample Origin:

Seaton, B.C.

Specific Site:

Boulder Creek

UTM Easting:

603215

UTM Northing:

6107857

Datum:

09 (NAD 83)

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Specimen Details

VM Category:

Rock

Primary Features:

Andesite

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Secondary Features:

-

Advanced Geological Information

 

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Geological Formation:

Kasalka Group

Geological Period:

Late Cretaceous

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Minfile Link:

unknown

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