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MINFILE No  082KSW200
File Created: 11-Dec-1996 by Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:  01-Jan-0001 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)

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NMI
Name NAKUSP HOTSPRINGS Mining Division Slocan
BCGS Map 082K022
Status Showing NTS Map 082K05E
Latitude 050º 17' 54'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 117º 40' 23'' Northing 5572018
Easting 452063
Commodities Hotspring Deposit Types T02 : Geothermal spring
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

Nakusp Hotsprings are located 15 kilometres east-northeast of Nakusp, along Kuskanax Creek. The springs are 54 degrees Centigrade and flow at 46 litres per minute. Dissolved solids are 510 parts per million and the pH is 7.1.

At the source, three small springs flow from talus. Area geology appears to be monzonite of the Middle Jurassic Kuskanax batholith.

Bibliography
EMPR MAP Geothermal Potential Map of British Columbia (B.N. Church and K.A. McAdam, 1983)
EMPR PF (see Wilson Lake Spring, 082KSW201 - Report by Northcote, 1982)
GSC OF 2526
*McDonald, J. (1991): Hotsprings of Western Canada, A Complete Guide; Watershed Press, Vancouver, B.C., p. 42
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