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MINFILE No  082KSW201
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 WILSON LAKE SPRING Mining Division Slocan
BCGS Map 082K023
Status Showing NTS Map 082K04E
Latitude 050º 13' 56'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 117º 35' 14'' Northing 5564616
Easting 458119
Commodities Hotspring Deposit Types T02 : Geothermal spring
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

Wilson Lake Spring is located east of Nakusp, just east of Wilson Lake. The spring is 30 degrees Centigrade and flows at 30.5 litres per minute.

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 (Northcote, K.E. (1982): Slocan Valley Planning Area Program Mineral Resources Technical Report, pp. 16,31, Figure 5, in 082F General File)
GSC OF 2526
*McDonald, J. (1991): Hotsprings of Western Canada, A Complete Guide; Watershed Press, Vancouver, B.C., p. 44
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