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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  01-Mar-1986 by Eileen Van der Flier Keller (EVFK)

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Name CABIN CREEK Mining Division Fort Steele
BCGS Map 082G017
Status Developed Prospect NTS Map 082G02E
Latitude 049º 08' 00'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 114º 42' 29'' Northing 5444807
Easting 667184
Commodities Coal Deposit Types A04 : Bituminous coal
Tectonic Belt Foreland Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

Two main seams composed of medium volatile, bituminous rank coal occur in the Jurassic-Cretaceous Mist Mountain Formation (Kootenay Group) interbedded with sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. Seam 5, the stratigraphically lowest, is approximately 4.2 metres thick and lacks significant rock partings. Seam 4, the upper seam, is split by a rock parting 1.8 to 5.2 metres, into an upper 3.6 to 5.9 metre seam and a lower 2.2 to 5.9 metre seam. The coals contain (dry basis) 9.4 to 9.7 per cent ash, 25.0 to 25.8 per cent volatile matter, 64.6 to 65.3 per cent fixed carbon and 0.48 to 0.58 per cent sulphur.

Estimated geological reserves are calculated to be 8 million tonnes (Coal Assessment Report 381).

The structure of the Cabin Creek coal deposit appears to be simple, consisting of a broad, gentle, north trending, north plunging syncline. Dips range from approximately 10 to 30 degrees. Minor disturbance of the coal seams occur in places, but there appears to be an absence of major thrust or normal faults.

Bibliography
EMPR COAL ASS RPT *378, *379, *380, *381
EMPR FIELDWORK 1980, pp. 64-72
GSC P 89-4
EMPR PFD 881534

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