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File Created: 27-Feb-1989 by Steve B. Butrenchuk (SBB)
Last Edit:  16-Apr-1991 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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NMI
Name AMOS, LUSSIER NORTH, CATH, DOMTAR AMOS Mining Division Fort Steele
BCGS Map 082J003
Status Prospect NTS Map 082J04E
Latitude 050º 05' 15'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 115º 32' 14'' Northing 5549384
Easting 604641
Commodities Gypsum Deposit Types F02 : Bedded gypsum
F04 : Bedded celestite
Tectonic Belt Foreland Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

At the Amos occurrence, two small gypsum outcrops are exposed along the east bank of the Lussier River, 2.2 kilometres north of the confluence of it and Coyote Creek. The gypsum belongs to the Devonian Burnais Formation and appears to be restricted to a very small area. Where exposed, the gypsum is pale grey, grey and pale brownish grey. It is laminated to thin-bedded with the laminae contorted and folded. Some breccia is also present. North and northeast, the gypsum is cut off by limestone and anhydrite. There is some potential present to the south.

Overburden in the area varies from 15 to 76 metres and may preclude mining of the gypsum in many localities.

Georgia Pacific Canada Inc. holds the property.

Bibliography
EM EXPL 1999-40-52
EMPR ASS RPT 422, *16886
EMPR FIELDWORK 1988, pp. 497-506
GSC OF 634

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