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File Created: 01-Mar-1986 by Eileen Van der Flier Keller (EVFK)
Last Edit:  19-Jul-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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Name ELKVIEW, WESTAR BALMER, HARMER RIDGE, HARMER WEST, HARMER KNOB EAST, SPARWOOD OPERATIONS, BALMER, BODIE DUMP, B.C. COAL, KAISER RESOURCES, TECK CORPORATION, SOUTH Mining Division Fort Steele
BCGS Map 082G076
Status Producer NTS Map 082G15W
Latitude 049º 47' 10'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 114º 49' 39'' Northing 5517115
Easting 656380
Commodities Coal Deposit Types A04 : Bituminous coal
Tectonic Belt Foreland Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

Approximately 14 mineable seams occur in sandstones, siltstones and shales of the Jurassic-Cretaceous Mist Mountain Formation (Kootenay Group) (655 metres) in the Harmer Ridge area. Seam 10 (average thickness 15 metres), seam 6 (average thickness 5 metres) and seam 5 (average thickness 2 metres) were being mined by open pit methods in 1978. Ash content in the raw coal varies from 15 to 17 per cent and kilojoules/kilograms are greater than 27,640. The coal cleaned at 1.50 specific gravity contains 19 to 22 per cent volatile matter, 9.5 to 10.0 per cent ash, less than 0.5 per cent sulphur and kilojoules/kilograms values of 32,560. Coal rank is medium to high volatile bituminous.

The Harmer mines are located on the east limb of the north trending, south plunging Sparwood syncline. Strata are cut by several roughly north trending, west dipping thrust faults and a lesser number of normal faults (both west and east dipping).

The general Westar Balmer area also includes the Baldy Complex (082GNE016), Natal Ridge (082GNE013), J-Area (082GNE014) and Harmer Ridge (082GNE023), Michel Creek (082GNE012) and Balmer (082GNE015). See Michel Creek for early production.

Teck has a 95 per cent partnership interest in Elkview. The other 5 percent is indirectly held equally by Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation (2.5 per cent) and POSCO (2.5 per cent).

As of the end of 2019, Elkview Operations includes 27,100 ha of coal lands. The current annual production capacity is 7 million tonnes of clean coal, and the remaining reserves are estimated to keep production at that rate for another 38 years. Elkview produces mid-volatile hard coking coal mainly from the Baldy Ridge, Natal Ridge and Adit Ridge areas.

As of the end of 2019 the Elkview pits have produced 196 million tonnes of coal since 1979. Reserves are: Proven 166.4 million tonnes; Probable 221.5 million tonnes of hard coking coal. (Teck Annual Information Form 2020 https://www.teck.com/media/2020-AIF.pdf)

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