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MINFILE No 082GNE012

File Created:	01-Mar-1986	by	Eileen Van der Flier Keller (EVFK)
Last Edit:	09-Aug-2016	by	Jessica Norris (JRN)

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		NMI
Name	MICHEL CREEK, MICHEL COLLIERY, KAISER RESOURCES, WESTAR BALMER, BALMER, SPARWOOD OPERATIONS, CROW'S NEST PASS, CROWS NEST INDUSTRIES, BALDY MOUNTAIN, A, B, C, NO. 1 SOUTH	Mining Division	Fort Steele
		BCGS Map	082G066
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	082G10W
Latitude	049º 41' 50''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	114º 49' 19''	Northing	5507245
		Easting	657067
Commodities	Coal	Deposit Types	A04 : Bituminous coal
Tectonic Belt	Foreland	Terrane	Ancestral North America

Capsule Geology

Twelve coal seams are present interbedded with sandstone, siltstone and shale in the Jurassic-Cretaceous Mist Mountain Formation (Kootenay Group). The upper coal seams are high volatile bituminous in rank while the lower seams are medium volatile bituminous.

The Michel Creek occurrence area overlies the east (west dipping) limb of the Sparwood syncline (approximately north trending, south plunging) and the strata are cut by a relatively minor north trending, west dipping fault.

The Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company Limited began mining operations at Michel Colliery in 1899. Crows Nest Industries, Limited operated the colliery from 1965, when operations included several underground mines (including Balmer South (082GNE011), Balmer No. 2 (082GNE016), "A" North, Balmer North (082GNE015) and stripping operations ("A" South (082GNE011), Baldy (082GNE016), "C" Seam (082GNE013) and No. 7 Seam (082ENE013).

The Michel Colliery (Kaiser Resources Ltd.) was demolished in 1980. See Elkview (082GNE017) for subsequent production in the area.

Bibliography

EMPR AR 1896-524,525; 1898-995,998; 1899-660,819; 1900-949; 1901-1199; 1902-262,276; 1903-28,81,225,228,232; 1904-110,283; 1905-236; 1906-133,234,249; 1907-86,198; 1908-226; 1909-169,185,255; 1910-223; 1911-123,268; 1912-303; 1913-394; 1914-484; 1916-412, 498; 1917-433; 1918-455; 1933-295; 1936-G4,6,45; 1937-G5,32; 1938-G4,10,37; 1939-115,146; 1940-101,129; 1941-96; 1942-94,96; 1943-89,127; 1944-86,88,89,93,133; 1945-139,166; 1946-244; 1947-262; 1948-204,213,230-232; 1949-278,280,281,283,288,305; 1950-240,244,249,254,270; 1951-249,251,254,258,284; 1952-286,288,289,291,297,299,313; 1953-220,226,228,229,232,237,248; 1954-214, 221,225,226,237; 1955-122,137,142,143,152; 1956-196,198,202,216, 220; 1957-120,121,136-142; 1958-134,135,148-153; 1959-268-273; 1960-217,218,231-237; 1961-253,266-272; 1962-257,258,269-276; 1963-238,258; 1964-313,315,319-324; 1965-390,391,402-409; 1966-375,376,386-392; 1967-A47,450-455; 1968-A47,460-466; 1969-A49; 1970-A48; 1971-A48; 1972-A48; 1973-A48; 1974-A114; 1975-A88; 1976-A98; 1977-110; 1978-122; 1979-122

EMPR COAL ASS RPT 288, 840, 854

EMPR FIELDWORK *1978, pp. 61-65

EMPR GEM 1969-410; 1970-517; 1971-488; 1972-629-633; 1973-577-581

EMPR MINING 1975-1980, Vol. 1, p. 51

EMPR P 1986-3

GSC P 89-4

*Pearson, D.E. and Grieve, D.A. (1985): CIM Vol.78, No.881 pp. 39-46

EMPR PFD 751568, 751569, 751570, 751571, 751572, 751573, 751574, 751575, 751576, 751577, 751578, 751579, 751580, 751581, 751582, 751583, 751584, 751585, 751586, 751587, 751588, 751589, 751590, 751591, 751592, 751593, 751594, 751595, 751596, 751597, 751598, 751599, 751600, 751601, 751602, 751603, 751604, 751605, 751606, 751607, 751608, 751609, 751610, 751611, 751612, 751613, 751614, 751615, 752158, 752159, 752160, 752161, 752162, 752163, 752164, 752165, 752166, 752167, 752168, 21250, 503044, 503064, 503065, 676694, 676695, 676696, 676697