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File Created: 10-Sep-2002 by George J. Simandl (GJS)
Last Edit:  01-Jan-0001 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)

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NMI
Name DUNDEE TUFA Mining Division Fort Steele
BCGS Map 082J006
Status Showing NTS Map 082J02W
Latitude 050º 05' 05'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 114º 57' 26'' Northing 5550042
Easting 646136
Commodities Travertine Deposit Types H01 : Travertine
Tectonic Belt Foreland Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

White-beige tufa is exposed in the road cuts for approximately 30 metres. The thickness of the deposit and its extend up and downslope of the road-cut is not known. The material has low density high perosity and could be potentially used for landscaping applications. Locally it contains embedded limestone or limy shale angular fragments.

Bibliography
PERS COMM George Simandl, EMPR, Geological Survey, 2003

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