16

(The above section of the Quesnel formation was measured on the east side of Fraser —
river, just below Big Bend at locality 4, Figure 12, 2 miles east of position of section
No. 1.) =

South of Quesnel, on the east bank of Fraser river, other sections of -
the formation are exposed. A conspicuous red bluff, just below the town,
formed of burnt-out lignites and baked clays together with underlying
beds, is described by Selwyn.t| Dawson’ described outcrops near the village
of Quesnel. A section (No. 3), measured 24 miles down the river from
Quesnel, opposite Baker’s ranch, is given below. The proportion of clay
in exposures in this neighbourhood (Figure 12, locality 13), is greater than

that of gravel and there are more lignitiferous beds.

Section No. 38.

Thickness in
Top of bluft. ee : feet.
es i ee ee 6

River etavel en ee gee PS eee 15
Grey clay with lignitic partings.............-... 0+ settee teeters ees!)
Gravel-cemented with clay... 6.528.264 a. oe ee ee ee 3
- Grey and-reddict Clay... 0 ee ae ee ee 17
el ee OS ee 30
Garbonsecous Clay<.. 2 ssne! ts oho oie ts Ss 15
“Cemented eTaAvel) aa... ws See eS pe SARS SRE Say eee ees 10
Grey clay with a gravelly bed..... 1... 0.5... cece eects eee eee 25
Wemented sand and gravel: <2. 6.265.562. ewe ee es eee: 4
Grey tly ee ee ee 7
ne yselay ot ek en ee ee ee es 3
Cicye cli ee ee ee 12
Green Clay 2 case ee Re ee cue eee Gee: Se 6
Green clay-with lignitic partings.............-.-- 5-0. eee e eee eee ee SaaS: 17
Sandy, ereen-clay. =. =: 22. 5i:¢ SS ee eg ee cee =)
Comme mye ee ee ae
Gonccslcd= 20 oe Ss es ee FP ee eee 10
Fraser River level. Potal --.2<2 Sie foes TPeiees Ses ee ea 205

A section at the Australia ranch about 18 miles south of Quesnel, taken
at a tunnel opened along a seam of lignite, is given below (section No. 4).
In this section there is practically no gravel, but lignite, one seam of which |
measures nearly 4 feet, is more plentiful than elsewhere.

Section No. 4.

Top of section. 3 Thickness in —
Bed No. x iS feet and inches.

1. Poorly assorted boulder sand, probably glacial....... hy See 20 0
2. Clay with seams of sand and lagnite................. BER oe 1860s
3. Drab, carbonaceous clay with lenses of sand..................... 20
TGC ee eee Ss es es eee 03

RDP wi Grey GnalG rr aca ta ee Soe a ora en ees Ss Re aes oe 20

PRLS UI Coe Si een aR roe SR are e Snyy EPR cr Cree T Oa BNR 05

Lo POV CLAY ee he ee ain ce eh nme ees pee 16

S. Brown:clay with nodules Of Dpmite. a. os. a ee ee 5 0
ANG era eee ne en Pee es Cae Or ee ee 10
Pra -POVeER CRY ayes oe ncne nr as ak bee Te we 46
Ae SAN ee a oe eet re Gare a eee Pa ee en ee ee -2 0
12. Gropelay S60 ee “26

%Selwyn, Alfred, R. C., Geol. Surv., Can., Rept. of Prog. 1871-72, pp. 58-59-
2Dawson, G. M., Geol. Surv., Can., Rept. of Prog., 1875-76, pp. 287-260.