MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082FNE164

File Created:	28-Sep-1989	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:	01-Jan-0001	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)

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		NMI
Name	LA FRANCE CREEK	Mining Division	Slocan
		BCGS Map	082F057
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	082F10W
Latitude	049º 31' 41''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	116º 46' 25''	Northing	5486185
		Easting	516383
Commodities	Limestone	Deposit Types	R09 : Limestone
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Ancestral North America

Capsule Geology

A band of grey limestone of the Hadrynian Horsethief Creek Group trends northward along the east side of Kootenay Lake. The band is exposed over a width of 1000 metres, where it crosses La France Creek. The unit strikes 006 to 016 degrees and dips 45 to 55 degrees west, just north of the creek.

Limestone was quarried on La France Creek during 1923 and 1927 by Thomas Wall for agricultural purposes. A total of 83 tonnes were quarried.


Bibliography	GSC MEM 228, pp. 17-19 GSC MAP 603A GSC OF 481; *929 EMPR PFD 812394, 825271