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File Created: 27-Jun-2006 by Kirk Hancock (KDH)
Last Edit:  30-Jun-2006 by Kirk Hancock (KDH)

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Name UPPER HALFWAY RIVER HOTSPRINGS Mining Division Slocan
BCGS Map 082K052
Status Showing NTS Map 082K12E
Latitude 050º 30' 13'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 117º 39' 53'' Northing 5594827
Easting 452867
Commodities Hotspring Deposit Types T02 : Geothermal spring
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

These hot springs are near the headwaters of the Halfway River, on the south bank, approximately 30 kilometres north of Nakusp. They are about 20 km, from Highway 23, up the Halfway River forest service road, on the south side of the river.

These small springs were discovered by the BC Forest Service in about 1973. The Springs occur in a rocky canyon and have a temperature of about 28 degrees Centigrade. These springs are part of the Upper Arrow Lakes area hot springs. The hot spring fluids appear to be driven by differential hydraulic pressure and heated by radiogenic heat generation.

These springs are undeveloped.

Bibliography
EMPR Map Geothermal Potential Map of British Columbia (Church, B.N. and McAdam, K.A., 1983)
GSC OF 432, 2526
Woodsworth, G.: Hotsprings of Western Canada, A complete guide, Gordon Soules Book Publishers Ltd., 1997, pp. 137-138
McDonald, J. (1991): Hot Springs of Western Canada, Vancouver, 162 pages

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