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File Created: 09-Nov-1989 by Steve B. Butrenchuk (SBB)
Last Edit:  01-Jan-0001 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)

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NMI
Name FALCON Mining Division Golden
BCGS Map 082K059
Status Showing NTS Map 082K09W
Latitude 050º 35' 00'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 116º 20' 04'' Northing 5603703
Easting 547119
Commodities Barite Deposit Types E17 : Sediment-hosted barite
Tectonic Belt Foreland Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

Thin barite horizons occur in limy dolomite and dolomitic limestone of the Devonian Starbird Formation. The rocks are sheared, faulted and brecciated. Much of the barite appears to be fault controlled. None of the barite is considered economic.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 11053

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