MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082FSW262

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	28-Feb-1991	by	Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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		NMI
Name	WALLACE CREEK	Mining Division	Nelson
		BCGS Map	082F004
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082F03W
Latitude	049º 02' 23''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	117º 19' 28''	Northing	5431922
		Easting	476288
Commodities	Limestone	Deposit Types	R09 : Limestone
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Kootenay

Capsule Geology

Limestone of the Lower Cambrian Reeves Member of the Laib Formation outcrops 250 to 1200 metres north of the Salmo river just east of Wallace Creek. The unit strikes 050 degrees for 950 metres and dips 45 degrees southeast. Exposed widths vary from 250 to 320 metres.

The limestone is fine to medium grained and uniform grey to thinly banded black and white in colour. Two samples, each taken across 12 to 15 metres of strata assayed as follows (in per cent) (Fyles, 1956 - Samples 9228, 9229):

Sample CaO MgO Insolubles

9228 52.4 1.71 3.28

9229 42.2 5.09 14.3 The two samples were collected along the lowest limestone bluffs 180 to 270 metres north of the Salmon Valley logging road.


Bibliography	EMPR BULL 41, pp. 25,26, Figure 3, Sheet B; 109 EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 19-30; 1988, pp. 33-43; 1989, pp. 11-27; 1990, pp. 9-31 EMPR OF 1988-1; 1989-11; 1990-8; 1990-9; 1991-2; 1991-16 EMPR PF (*Memo by Fyles with assay, J.T., Mar.28, 1956) GSC MAP 3-1956A; 299A; 1090A; 1145A GSC MEM 308, pp. 31-35 GSC OF 481; 1195 EMPR PFD 3314, 670298