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File Created: 29-Sep-1989 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:  01-Jan-0001 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)

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Name RENO LIMESTONE Mining Division Nelson
BCGS Map 082F015
Status Past Producer NTS Map 082F03E
Latitude 049º 11' 02'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 117º 07' 50'' Northing 5447906
Easting 490486
Commodities Limestone Deposit Types R09 : Limestone
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Kootenay
Capsule Geology

Limestone of the Lower Cambrian Reeves member of the Laib Formation was once quarried at the Reno mine (082FSW036), 11 kilometres east of Salmo. The unit is exposed as a narrow band striking north for 950 metres and dipping approximately 50 degrees east on the west flank of the Sheep Creek anticline. The limestone was burned to produce lime for milling purposes at the mine. A total of 738 tonnes of limestone were quarried between 1930 and 1934.

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1930-A274
EMPR BULL 41, pp. 32-33; 109
GSC MAP 299A; 1090A; 1145A; 3-1956A
GSC MEM 308, pp. 30-35
GSC OF 481; 1195, pp. 6-7

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