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MINFILE No  082KSW204
File Created: 11-Dec-1996 by Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:  11-Dec-1996 by Larry Jones (LDJ)

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NMI
Name FOSTHALL Mining Division Slocan
BCGS Map 082K031
Status Showing NTS Map 082K05W
Latitude 050º 23' 00'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 117º 56' 04'' Northing 5581670
Easting 433566
Commodities Hotspring Deposit Types T02 : Geothermal spring
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Slide Mountain
Capsule Geology

Old literature mentions two springs near Mount Fosthall, on the west side of Upper Arrow Lake, northwest of Nakusp. No other information is available.

Bedrock geology appears to be sediments of the Permian-Carboniferous Kaslo Group or Triassic Slocan Group.

Bibliography
EMPR MAP Geothermal Potential Map of British Columbia (B.N. Church and K.A. McAdam, 1983)
GSC OF 2526
*McDonald, J. (1991): Hotsprings of Western Canada, A Complete Guide; Watershed Press, Vancouver, B.C., p. 42
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