MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082FSW315

File Created:	28-Oct-1986	by	Brian Grant (BG)
Last Edit:	07-May-1991	by	Dorthe E. Jakobsen (DEJ)

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		NMI
Name	CASTLEGAR JUNCTION	Mining Division	Nelson
		BCGS Map	082F032
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082F05E
Latitude	049º 19' 10''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	117º 39' 04''	Northing	5463172
		Easting	452682
Commodities	Clay	Deposit Types	B06 : Fireclay E07 : Sedimentary kaolin
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Quesnel

Capsule Geology

The Castlegar Junction clay deposit is located along the banks of the Columbia River in Castlegar.

Limited deposits of silty clay occur close to river level and may have originated as either lake or glacial deposits. The material near Castlegar has apparently been used in the past for the manufacture of brick and is similar to the Nelson Clay (082FSW296) deposit.

Northwest of Castlegar along the Arrow Lakes there is a bluish grey laminated clay which outcrops at water level but is covered by thick overburden.


Bibliography	EMPR BULL *30, p. 52; 41; 109 EMPR FIELDWORK 1977, pp. 61-62; 1980, pp. 149-158; 1981, pp. 28-32, pp. 176-186; 1987, pp. 19-30; 1988, pp. 33-43; 1990, pp. 291-300 EMPR MAP 7685G; RGS 1977; 8484G EMPR OF 1988-1; 1991-16 EMPR PF (In 082FSW General File - Geological Map on the North Fork of Kettle River, date and author unknown) GSC MEM 24-E, p. 118 EMPR PFD 822971