ROCK CANYON - B.C. - DOLOMITES + REE's Interesting it is...
Driftwood Creek is compared the the Mississippi dolomites, and Brusslof dolomites.
Here's another dolomite deposit in B.C. hosting - REE's.
The Rock Canyon Creek deposit, 90 kilometres northeast of Cranbrook The steeply dipping REE-fl uorite zone was intersected by drilling. It may be more than
50 metres thick for more than 1100 metres along strike, and to a
depth of 124 metres. It remains open along strike and dip, and its thickness locally exceeds 50 metres. Based on surface mapping and borehole logging, the deposit appears to be concordant with stratigraphy.
Most of the mineralization occurs as breccias and fracture fi llings in fl uorite-impregnated dolostone.
Fluorite concentrations vary from less than 1% to 13.5% by weight, and
light REE (Ce+La+Nd) concentrations
vary from trace to 2.8%. REE are hosted mainly by
bastnasite-(Ce), parisite-(Ce), synchysite-(Ce), and REE-bearing phosphates. Ongoing work will focus on better characterizing the deposit to address questions about the origin of ore forming fl uids and the temporal, structural, and stratigraphic relationship to Mississippi Valley-type and sparry magnesite deposits along the eastern fl ank of the Canadian Cordillera.
OPEN THE LINK - LOOK AT THE PHOTOS - Blue colored Dolomites.
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Geological-setting-of-the-Rock-Canyon-Creek-deposit-Modifi-ed-after-McMechan-and-Leech_fig1_313387687 FULL TEXT REPORT - https://www.researchgate.net/publication
/313387687_Geological_setting_of_the_Rock_Canyon_Creek_REE-fluorite_deposit_British_Columbia_Canada/download i MYSELF,
Couldn't help but notice the similar size of 1100 m strike, 50m wide and 124m depth....
Similar to, Driftwood.
What else am i tihnking ? This new topic of - bio geology - is rather interesting.
Lagoons
Reefs
Organisms or Algae
Process minerals
Always found with dolomites ( calcium + magnesium )
REE's seem to be present
Ree's are colorful
I guess i can still stand on my theory several years ago....
Rockies were first formed - rose out of ocean creating mountains.
Mountains are simply ocean floors.
Middle lowlands of B.C. are still ocean floors but mass sediments overlay
Purcell Group are next on scene rising out of ocean
Again.. .ocean floor - coral reefs - atop of mountain
And the last mountaous range near Vancouver came out of ocean last.
How would they evolve ?
Earth expanding.
Seen on special google maps - ocean floor - has expansion faults - all over hte ocean floor.
Our earh is growing - and as so... land mass shifts occur -
There's another process - to this evolve - but i'll keep that for myself....
Too scarry for some... wink.
Dolomites - Ree's.
There's lots of literature on this now showing up online.
Makes no sense.. .as prior, i could find hardly anything .
I wonder if it's because it involves algos and how a person searches ?
Or... because biology crosses over into geology ?
Those critters or single cell organisms.... munched on the carbons.
I can just imagine how much volcanic activity there was, depsoiting in the oceans,
Rusty red toxic waters filled with far higher saline conditions - all dorts of minerals and these critters munching away.. .processing the minerals and oozing out with slime goo along with the minerals layering sedimentry depoists along with sands.
Most likely why the magnesium and calcium are in - carbonate forms.
Cheers......
Let's see if one of the photos will show on here....
Blue coloration is the fluorspar - fluorite -
Another article i read - mentioned near the bugaboo - dark colored dolos contained the
Nb + uraniums.
Small coreection former post -
The extra claims MGX scooped up ?
Are positioned all around Driftwood.
Here's a map showing - locations.
Do we stil have these extra dolo claims ?
Or is it a case of, marysville and Longworth silica ?
Hope not.
