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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  15-Mar-1991 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)

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Name SHEEP CREEK QUARTZITE, SHEEP CREEK Mining Division Nelson
BCGS Map 082F015
Status Past Producer NTS Map 082F03E
Latitude 049º 08' 39'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 117º 08' 13'' Northing 5443491
Easting 490012
Commodities Flagstone, Building Stone, Dimension Stone, Quartzite Deposit Types R08 : Flagstone
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

Micaceous quartzite of the Hadrynian-Lower Cambrian Quartzite Range Formation (Hamill Group) was quarried between 1966 and 1971 from talus slopes in the vicinity of the confluence of Sheep and Waldie creeks, 12 kilometres southeast of Salmo.

Quartzite of various colours including buff, brown, green, red and grey was hand-sorted before being sold to local markets as facing stone. Well-developed micaceous partings enabled the stone to be split into slabs ranging from 1.3 to 10 centimetres thick.

A total of 453 tonnes of quartzite was quarried between 1966 and 1969.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1966-262; 1967-101; 1968-297
EMPR BULL 41; 109
EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 19-30; 1988, pp. 33-43
EMPR GEM 1969-384; 1970-491
EMPR INF CIRC 1988-6, p. 26
EMPR MAP 65, 1989
EMPR OF 1988-1; 1989-11; 1991-16
GSC MAP 51-4A; 3-1956; 1145A
GSC MEM 308
GSC OF 1195
GSC P 51-4

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