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Technical Bibliography of the Comox Coalfield:

by Gwyneth Cathyl-Bickford, P.Geo., revised December 24, 2000

The Comox Coalfield, in its broadest sense, includes a number of outlying coal deposits, developed coal prospects and producing mines. As of December 2000, operating status is as follows:
Alberni Valley: coal deposit of limited extent, extensively drilled with minimal underground development. Includes Ash River, Lanterman Creek, Rogers Creek and Arrowsmith coal properties.
Anderson Lake: coal deposit, extensively drilled, but no underground development. Includes Dove Creek, Murex Creek, Mount Washington and Forbidden Plateau coal properties.
Campbell River: coal deposit, partially drilled but no underground development. Includes Quinsam East, Oyster River and Elk River Timber coal properties, and possible extension beneath drift-covered area on Quadra Island.
Comox Mines: past producer, from eight underground mines, extensively drilled with numerous test adits. Includes Anderson East, Browns River, Trent River and Allen Vale coal properties.
Denman/Hornby islands: exploration area with no significant coal discoveries to date, sparsely drilled but no underground development.
Hamilton Lake: coal deposit, extensively drilled with one test adit. Includes Idle Creek coal property.
Parksville/Qualicum: exploration area with no significant coal discoveries to date, partially drilled but no underground development. Includes Thames Creek, Kinkade Creek and Okay Mountain coal properties.
Quinsam Mines: current producer, from open-pit and underground mines, extensively drilled. Includes Chute Creek and Iron River coal properties.
Tsable River: past producer from an underground coal mine (Tsable River Colliery), extensively drilled and trenched, with several test adits; under consideration for development of new underground mine. Includes Castellmawr, Baynes Sound and Cowie Creek coal properties.

Alberni Valley

1991: Geology and coal resources of the Nanaimo Group in the Alberni, Ash River, Cowie Creek and Parksville areas, Vancouver Island (92F/2, 6. 7, 8); in Geological Fieldwork 1990; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1991-1, pages 381 to 385.

Cathyl-Bickford, C.G. and Hoffman, G.L.
1991: Geology and coal resources of the Nanaimo Group in the Alberni, Ash River, Cowie Creek and Parksville areas, Vancouver Island (92F/2, 6. 7, 8); in Geological Fieldwork 1990; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1991-1, pages 381 to 385.

Cholach, M.
1981: Report for CanDel Oil Ltd. on Rogers Creek coal licences 6787-6791, NTS map sheets 92 F/2 and 92 F/7; unpublished report on behalf of CanDel Oil Ltd.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 72.

Curcio, M.P. and Gardner, S.
1977: Preliminary evaluation of the Ash River area coal prospect in the Alberni Basin, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; unpublished report on behalf of Ramm Venture Corporation; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 772.

Gardner, S.L.
1999: Coal resources and coal mining of Vancouver Island; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1999-8.

Mackenzie, J.D.
1923: Alberni area, Vancouver Island; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report for the year 1922, part A, pages 51A to 67A.

Massey, N.W.D.
1992: Geology and mineral resources of the Alberni-Nanaimo Lakes sheet, Vancouver Island; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1992-2.

Massey, N.W.D. and Friday, S.J.
1989: Geology of the Alberni-Nanaimo Lakes area; in Geological Fieldwork 1988; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1989-1, pages 61 to 74.

Massey, N.W.D., Friday, S.J., Riddell, J.M. and Dumais, S.E.
1989: Geology of the Port Alberni-Nanaimo Lakes area; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Open File 1989-6.

Muller, J.E. and Carson, D.J.T.
1969: Geology and mineral deposits of Alberni map-area; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 68-50.

Anderson Lake

Campbell-Johnston, R.C.
1908: Report on the coal areas of the Comox Valley, October 1908; unpublished report for Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Glenbow-Alberta Institute Archives, CPR Papers, M2269, file 1949.

Cathyl-Bickford, C.G. and Hoffman, G.L.
1990: Geological investigations in the coal-measures of the Oyster River, Mount Washington and Cumberland areas, Vancouver Island (92F/10, 11, 14); in Geological Fieldwork 1989; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1990-1, pages 431 to 437.

1998: Geology of the Black Creek and Cumberland areas (Comox coalfield, map sheets 3 and 4 of 8; in Geological maps of the Nanaimo and Comox Coalfields; B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1998-7.

Carson, D.J.T.
1960: Geology of Mount Washington, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; unpublished M.Sc. thesis, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia).

Curcio, M.P.
1978: Preliminary coal report on Anderson Lake, Cumberland, T'Sable River, located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia; unpublished report on behalf of Weldwood of Canada Ltd.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 71.

Gardner, S.L.
1999: Coal resources and coal mining of Vancouver Island; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1999-8.

Gunning, H.C.
1931: Buttle Lake map-area, Vancouver Island; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1930, Part A, pages 56 to 78.

Muller, J.E.
1989: Tertiary low-angle faulting and related gold and copper mineralization on Mount Washington, Vancouver Island; in Geological Fieldwork 1988; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1989-1, pages 81 to 91.

Rose, H.A.
1922: Geological report on the coal bearing areas from Brown's River to Campbell River, October 30th, 1922; unpublished report on behalf of Geological Survey of Canada; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 50.

Williams, T.B.
1924: The Comox coal basin; unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin).

Campbell River

Cathyl-Bickford, C.G.
1991: Coal geology and coalbed methane potential of Comox and Nanaimo coal fields, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; in Coalbed methane of western North America, Schwochow, S.D., Murray, D.K. and Fahy, M.F., editors; Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, pages 155 to 162.

1998: Geology of the Quinsam River area (Comox coalfield, map sheet 1 of 8; in Geological maps of the Nanaimo and Comox Coalfields; B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1998-7.

England, T.D.J.
1989: Lithostratigraphy of the Nanaimo Group, Georgia basin, southwestern British Columbia, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 1989-1E, pages 197-206.

1990: Late Cretaceous to Paleogene evolution of the Georgia Basin, southwestern British Columbia; unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Gardner, S.L.
1999: Coal resources and coal mining of Vancouver Island; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1999-8.

Meding, M.G.
1964: The geology of the Oyster River; unpublished B.Sc. thesis, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (British Columbia).

Nelson, J.L.
1979: The western margin of the Coast Plutonic Complex on Hardwicke and West Thurlow Islands; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, volume 16, pages 1166 to 1175.

Roddick, J.A. and Woodsworth, G.J.
1977: Bute Inlet: map with notes on the stratified rocks of Bute Inlet; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 480.

Rose, H.A.
1922: Geological report on the coal bearing areas from Brown's River to Campbell River, October 30th, 1922; unpublished report on behalf of Geological Survey of Canada; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 50.

Swaren, R.A.
1989: McIvor Lake coal project: volume I, Phase I exploration report, February 1989; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Coal Assessment Report No. ----, on behalf of Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd.

Weldwood of Canada Ltd.
1977: Preliminary report on Quinsam East and Middle Quinsam areas; unpublished report; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 68.

Williams, T.B.
1924: The Comox coal basin; unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin).

Comox Mines

Atchison, M.E.
1968: Stratigraphy and depositional environments of the Comox Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Vancouver Island, B.C.; unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois).

Bell, G.L.
1958: Preliminary geological report, Courtenay area, Permit 817, November 28, 1958; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Petroleum Geological Report No. 757.

1967: Interim geological report of Courtenay - Denman Island area, Permits 1533 and 1534, September 25, 1967l unpublished report for Haida Resources Ltd.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Petroleum Geological Report No.1306.

Bickford, C.G.C., Hoffman, G. and Kenyon, C.
1988: Coalfield geology of eastern Vancouver Island (92F); in hGeological Fieldwork 1987; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1988-1, pages 441 to 450.

Brown, R,
1870: On the geographical distribution and physical characteristics of the coal-fields of the North Pacific Coast; Edinburgh Geological Society, Transactions, volume 1, pages 305 to 325.

Cathyl-Bickford, C.G.
1990: Habitat of natural gas in the Comox and Trent River formations, Georgia Basin, Vancouver Island [abstract]; Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, vol. 38, no.1, page 159.

1991: Coal geology and coalbed methane potential of Comox and Nanaimo coal fields, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; in Coalbed methane of western North America, Schwochow, S.D., Murray, D.K. and Fahy, M.F., editors; Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, pages 155 to 162.

1998: Geology of the Cumberland area (Comox coalfield, map sheet 4 of 8); in Geological maps of the Nanaimo and Comox Coalfields; B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1998-7.

Clapp, C.H.
1912b: Note on the geology of the Comox and Suquash coal fields; in Summary Report of the Geological Survey Branch for the calendar year 1911; Canada Department of Mines, pages 105 to 107.

Daniels, J.
1918a: Report on No.5 Mine Cumberland, July 26, 1918; unpublished report for Canadian Collieries Co. [sic]; University of Washington Archives, Manuscript Collection 416-70-18, Joseph Daniels Papers, Box 5 of 11.

1918b: Preliminary report on a portion of the Comox field, November 13, 1918; unpublished report for S.E. Junkins Co.; University of Washington Archives, Manuscript Collection 416-70-18, Joseph Daniels Papers.

1918d: Coal and coke analyses, Vancouver Island coals, B.C., 1918; unpublished notes; University of Washington Archives, Manuscript Collection 416-70-18, Joseph Daniels Papers, Box 7 of 11.

1920b: Memo re contact line from Browns River to the Tsable River, September 15, 1920; unpublished report on behalf of Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 49.

1920d: Memo re area south of Cumberland to Allen Lake; September 16, 1920; unpublished report on behalf of Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 49.

1920e: Report on Brown's River coal area; September 17, 1920; unpublished report for Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; University of Washington Archives, Manuscript Collection 416-70-18, Joseph Daniels Papers.

1920f: Report on the Trent River and Bradley Creek area, September 17, 1920; unpublished report on behalf of Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 49.

Evans, G.W.
1924: Report on the Number Eight Shaft, November 29, 1924; unpublished report for Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; University of Washington Archives, Manuscript Collection P 10/6 - 4e, G.W. Evans Papers, Box 5 of 6

Forster Brown, W., Rees, I.T. and Morris, C.S.
1910: Report upon the properties of the Wellington Colliery Company, Limited; unpublished report for Canadian Northern Railway System; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 16, File 1.

Gardner, S.L.
1999: Coal resources and coal mining of Vancouver Island; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1999-8.

Graham, C.
1924: The problems of the Vancouver Island coal industry; Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Transactions, volume XXVII, pages 456 to 477.

Kenyon, C. and Bickford, C.G.C.
1989: Vitrinite reflectance study of Nanaimo Group coals of Vancouver Island (92F); in Geological Fieldwork 1988; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1989-1, pages 543 to 552.

Mackenzie, J.D.
1922: The coal measures of Cumberland and vicinity, Vancouver Island; Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Transactions, volume 25, pages 382 to 411.

Saunders, C.R., Howey, H.O. and Campbell, D.D.
1974: Report on the reserves and mining costs of the Comox coalfield, Vancouver Island, B.C.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Coal Assessment Report No. ----, on behalf of Dolmage Campbell and Associates Ltd.

Scott, J.A.B.
1974: The foraminifera of the Haslam, Qualicum and Trent River formations, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, volume 22, no.2, pages 119 to 176.

Smith, A.B. and McGugan, A.
1996: A new deep-water spatangoid echinoid from the Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada; Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series, volume 52, no.2, pages 103 to 107..

Usher, J.L.
1952: The ammonite faunas of the Upper Cretaceous rocks of Vancouver Island, British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 21.

Ward, P.D.
1977: Elongatum Zone fossil assemblages from the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, British Columbia and Washington State; Journal of Paleontology, volume 51, no.2 suppl., part III, 30 pages.

1985: Upper Cretaceous (Santonian - Maastrichtian) molluscan faunal assemblages, British Columbia; in Ulf Bayer and Adolf Seilacher, editors, Lecture notes in earth sciences, 1985; Springer-Verlag, Berlin; volume 1, pages 397 to 420.

Williams, T.B.
1924: The Comox coal basin; unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin).

Denman/Hornby Islands

Allmaras, J.M.
1979: Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Late Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, Denman Island, British Columbia; unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon).

Bell, G.L.
1960: Geological report of the Hornby and Denman Islands areas, Permits 796 and 799; unpublished report for Charter Oil Company Limited; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Petroleum Geological Report 841.

1962: Interim geological report, Permits 1292-1299, Strait of Georgia area, B.C., August 30, 1962; unpublished report for Canadian Superior Oil Ltd.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Petroleum Geological Report No.1052.

1967: Interim geological report of Courtenay - Denman Island area, Permits 1533 and 1534, September 25, 1967; unpublished report for Haida Resources Ltd.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Petroleum Geological Report No.1306.

Bronlund, E.
1950: Geological report on Hornby Island, Permit 27, May 16, 1950; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Petroleum Geological Report No.52.

Cathyl-Bickford, C.G.
1992: Geology and energy resource potential of the Tsable River and Denman Island; in Geological Fieldwork 1991; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1992-1, pages 419 to 426.

Cathyl-Bickford, C.G. and Hoffman, G.L.
1998: Geology of the Denman Island area (Comox coalfield, map sheet 8 of 8); in Geological maps of the Nanaimo and Comox Coalfields; B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1998-7.

Davidson, A., Peach, H.B., and Ferrie, D.J.
1965: Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary sediments, eastern Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands, British Columbia; unpublished report for Shell Canada Limited ; Geological Survey of Canada, Vancouver office library collection.

England, T.D.J.
1989: Lithostratigraphy of the Nanaimo Group, Georgia basin, southwestern British Columbia, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 1989-1E, pages 197-206.

1990: Late Cretaceous to Paleogene evolution of the Georgia Basin, southwestern British Columbia; unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1991: Late Cretaceous to Paleogene structural and stratigraphic evolution of Georgia Basin, southwestern British Columbia: implications for hydrocarbon potential; Washington Geology, volume 19, no.4, pages 10 and 11.

Fiske, D.A.
1977: Stratigraphy, sedimentology and structure of the Late Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada; M.Sc. thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

Hoen, E.W.B.
1958: The geology of Hornby Island; unpublished M.Sc. thesis, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia).

McGugan, A.
1982: Upper Cretaceous (Campanian and Maestrichtian) foraminifera from the upper Lambert and Northumberland formations, Gulf Islands, British Columbia; Micropaleontology, volume 28, pages 399 to 430.

Mustard, P.S.
1994: The Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, Georgia Basin; in Geology and geohazards of the Vancouver region, J.W.H. Monger, editor, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 481, pages 27 to 96.

Mustard, P.S., Katnick, D.C., Baker, J., Enkin, R.J. and Mahoney, J.B.
1999: Multidisciplinary studies of the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, Hornby and Denman islands, British Columbia; in Current research 1999-A, Geological Survey of Canada, pages 231 to 238.

Rowe, C., Mahoney, J.B. and Mustard, P.
2000: Clastic dykes as paleoslope indicatiors in the Nanaimo Group, Hornby Island, British Columbia; abstract only, located at http://www.uwec.edu/Academic/Geology /research.htm

Ward, P.D., Hurtado, J.M., Kirschvink, J.L. and Verosub, K.L.
1997: Measurements of the Cretaceous paleolatitude of Vancouver Island: consistent with the Baja-British Columbia hypothesis; Science, volume 277, pages 1642 to 1645.

Williams, T.B.
1924: The Comox coal basin; unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin).

Hamilton Lake

Cathyl-Bickford, C.G. and Hoffman, G.L.
1998: Geology of the Hamilton Lake area (Comox coalfield, map sheet 5 of 8; in Geological maps of the Nanaimo and Comox Coalfields; B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1998-7.

Curcio, M.P.
1979b: Geology & coal reserves, Hamilton Lake area, Cumberland, B.C.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Coal Assessment Report No. --, on behalf of Weldwood of Canada Limited.

Daniels, J.
1920c: Memo re Hamilton Lake area, September 15, 1920; unpublished report on behalf of Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 49.

Gardner, S.L.
1985: 1985 exploration work, Hamilton Lake coal licences, Nos. 7480, 7481, 7482 & 7483, Cumberland coal field, Nelson Land District; unpublished report on behalf of Weldwood of Canada Ltd.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 699.

Simpson, E.O.T. and Quinn, J.A.
1948: Report on coal at Hamilton Lake, Cumberland (Comox); unpublished report on behalf of Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 52.

Swaren, R.A. and Lehtinen, J.J.
1979a: Idle Creek, Vancouver Island - B.C., preliminary field reconnaissance; unpublished report on behalf of Esso Resources Canada Ltd.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 771.

Parksville/Qualicum

Bickford, C. and Lee, W.P.
1981a: Vancouver Island coal study, report on the 1980 exploration; unpublished report on behalf of BP Exploration Canada Ltd., British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 55.

Cathyl-Bickford, C.G. and Hoffman, G.L.
1991: Geology and coal resources of the Nanaimo Group in the Alberni, Ash River, Cowie Creek and Parksville areas, Vancouver Island (92F/2, 6. 7, 8); in Geological Fieldwork 1990; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1991-1, pages 381 to 385.

England, T.D.J.
1989: Lithostratigraphy of the Nanaimo Group, Georgia basin, southwestern British Columbia, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 1989-1E, pages 197-206.

1990: Late Cretaceous to Paleogene evolution of the Georgia Basin, southwestern British Columbia; unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

McGugan, A.
1990: Upper Cretaceous (Santonian-lower Campanian) foraminferal biostratigraphy of the Nanaimo Group, subsurface of the Parksville area, eastern Vancouver Island; Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, volume 38, pages 28 to 38.

Peach, A.R.
1980a: Geological report of Okay Mountain, B.C. coal licences 6200-6214, Dunsmuir and Nanoose Land Districts, 92 F/1, November 10, 1980; unpublished report on behalf of Esso Resources Canada Limited and Esso Minerals Canada - Coal; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 176.

1980b: Geological report of Thames Creek, B.C. coal licences 6175-6183, Newcastle Land District, 92F/7, November 13, 1980; unpublished report on behalf of Esso Resources Canada Limited and Esso Minerals Canada - Coal; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 73.

Swaren, R.A. and Lehtinen, J.J.
1979b: Arrowsmith, Vancouver Island - B.C., preliminary field reconnaissance; unpublished report on behalf of Esso Resources Canada Ltd.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 773.

Quinsam

Barnstable, D.
1979: The Quinsam coal project; Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy; paper presented at annual general meeting, Vancouver, B.C.

Bickford, C.G.C., Hoffman, G. and Kenyon, C.
1988: Coalfield geology of eastern Vancouver Island (92F); in Geological Fieldwork 1987; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1988-1, pages 441 to 450.

Bickford, C.G.C., Hoffman, G. and Kenyon, C.
1989: Coal-measures geology of the Quinsam area; in Geological Fieldwork 1988; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1989-1, pages 559 to 563.

Connor, D.M. and Svendsen, A.C.
1983: Community welcomes a coal mine; Coal Miner, volume 8, no.5, pages 45 and 46..

Duval, D.
1991: Nickel and diming it; Canadian Mining Journal, Vol.112, No.1, page 24 to 26, 28.

Eastwood, G.E.P.
1978: Quinsam area, Vancouver Island; in Geological Fieldwork 1977; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1978-1, pages 55 to 56.

1979: Quinsam area, Vancouver Island; in Geological Fieldwork 1978; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1979-1, pages 66 to 67.

1984: Geology of the Quinsam Lake area, Vancouver Island; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1984-3.

1985: Quinsam area; in Geology in British Columbia 1977-1981; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, pages 69 to 75.

Engler, R.
1977: Geology and coal resources of the Quinsam property, Vancouver Island: Phase I report; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Coal Assessment Report No. 71, on behalf of Quinsam Joint Venture.

Gardner, S.L.
1977: Progress report of coal exploration of the Quinsam property, Vancouver Island; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Coal Assessment Report No. 71, on behalf of Quinsam Joint Venture.

1984a: Geology of the coal measures, Quinsam Lake area, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; in Symposium on Cordilleran geology and mineral exploration: status and future trends; Geological Association of Canada, Cordilleran Section, pages 21 to 24.

1995: Technical summary, 1994 exploration program, Explore B.C. grant 94-95/A-30; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Coal Assessment Report No. 830, on behalf of Quinsam Coal Corporation.

1999: Coal resources and coal mining of Vancouver Island; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1999-8.

Gardner, S.L, and Lehtinen, J.
1993: Quinsam Coal 1992 exploration report; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Coal Assessment Report No. 820, on behalf of Brinco Coal Mining Corporation.

Gardner, S.L., Ronaghan, R.J. and Nyberg, J.
1978a: Geology of proposed Pits 1, 2 & 3 South; unpublished report on behalf of Quinsam Joint Venture; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 71.

1978b: Geology of proposed Pits 4, 5 & 6 South; unpublished report on behalf of Quinsam Joint Venture; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 71.

1978c: Supplement to geology of proposed Pits 4, 5 & 6 South; unpublished report on behalf of Quinsam Joint Venture; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 71.

Holuszko, M.E., Matheson, A. and Grieve, D.A.
1993: Pyrite occurrences in Telkwa and Quinsam coal seams; in Geological Fieldwork 1992; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1993-1, pages 527 to 546.

Horvat, F.J.
1976: A report to Weldwood of Canada Limited on the washability and plant washing tests performed on the Quinsam River bulk sample; unpublished report on behalf of Birtley Engineering (Canada) Ltd.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 694.

Kenyon, C., Cathyl-Bickford, C.G. and Hoffman, G.
1991: Quinsam and Chute Creek coal deposits (NTS (92/13,14); British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1991-3.

Matheson, A.H.
1990: Subsurface coal sampling survey, Quinsam area, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; in Geological Fieldwork 1989; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1990-1, pages 439 to 443.

Matheson, A.H., Grieve, D.A., Goodarzi, F. and Holuszko, M.E.
1994: Selected thermal coal basins of British Columbia; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1994-3.

Perry, J.H.
1986: 1985 exploration data summary for the Chute Creek coal property, coal licence Nos. 6502, 6503, 7954-7960, Vancouver Island - Comox District, February 10, 1986; unpublished report on behalf of Nuspar Resources Ltd.; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 701.

Read, P.B.
1994: Kaolin potential of the Comox sub-basin, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Geological Survey Branch Open File 1994-16.

Ronaghan, R.J.
1978: Geology of the coal reserve in the area of Pit 7, Quinsam, Campbell River, British Columbia; unpublished report on behalf of Quinsam Joint Venture; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Coal Assessment Report No. 71.

1979: Geology of the coal reserve in the area of Quinsam East; unpublished report on behalf of Quinsam Joint Venture; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 71.

1980: Geology of the coal reserve in the Quinsam mining block; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Coal Assessment Report No. 821, on behalf of Quinsam Joint Venture.

Ronaghan, R.J. and Gardner, S.
1978a: Geology of the coal reserve in the area of Pit 2 North and Pit 2 North Extension; unpublished report on behalf of Quinsam Joint Venture; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 71.

1978b: Geology of the coal reserve in the area of Pit 3 North; unpublished report on behalf of Quinsam Joint Venture; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 71.

Ryan, B.D.
1995: Calcite in coal from the Quinsam coal mine, British Columbia, Canada: origin, distribution and effects on coal utilization; in Geological Fieldwork 1994; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1995-1, pages 243 to 260.

Ryan, B.D. and Dawson, F.M.
1994: Coalbed methane desorption results from the Quinsam coal mine and coalbed methane resource of the Quinsam coalfield, British Columbia, Canada (92F/13,14); in Geological Fieldwork 1993; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1994-1, pages 215 to 224.

Weldwood of Canada Ltd.
1977: Preliminary report on Quinsam East and Middle Quinsam areas; unpublished report; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 68.

Weldwood of Canada Ltd. and Luscar Ltd.
1977: Quinsam coal project: a joint-venture proposal; unpublished report; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. 65.

Williams, T.B.
1924: The Comox coal basin; unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin).

Tsable River

Bell, G.L.
1958: Preliminary geological report, Courtenay area, Permit 817, November 28, 1958; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Petroleum Geological Report No. 757.

1992: Geology and energy resource potential of the Tsable River and Denman Island; in Geological Fieldwork 1991; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1992-1, pages 419 to 426.

1998: Geology of the Tsable River and Cowie Creek map-areas (Comox coalfield, map sheets 6 and 7 of 8); in Geological maps of the Nanaimo and Comox Coalfields; B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1998-7.

Daniels, J.
1918c: Summary of log, Baynes Sound coal property; unpublished notes; University of Washington Archives, Manuscript Collection 416-70-18, Joseph Daniels Papers, Box 7 of 11.

1920a: Report on the geology of the Tsable River field, August 27, 1920; unpublished report for Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; University of Washington Archives, Manuscript Collection 416-70-18, Joseph Daniels Papers.

England, T.D.J.
1989: Lithostratigraphy of the Nanaimo Group, Georgia basin, southwestern British Columbia, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 1989-1E, pages 197-206.

Gardner, S.L.
1983a: 1983 exploration work, the Tsable River coal licence no. 7484, Cumberland coal field, Nelson Land District; unpublished report on behalf of Weldwood of Canada Limited; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Coal Assessment Report No. ---.

1999: Coal resources and coal mining of Vancouver Island; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1999-8.

Mackenzie, J.D.
1922: The coal measures of Cumberland and vicinity, Vancouver Island; Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Transactions, volume 25, pages 382 to 411.

Mraz, D.
1997: Application for bulk sample program at the Tsable River coal property, Newcastle and Nelson Land District, Vancouver Island; British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Investment, Coal Assessment Report No. --, on behalf of Tsable River Coal Corporation.

Ryan, B.D.
1997: Coalbed methane in the Comox Formation in the Tsable River area, Vancouver Island; in Geological Fieldwork 1996; British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Investment, Paper 1997-1, pages 353 to 363.

Williams, T.B.
1924: The Comox coal basin; unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin).

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