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MINFILE No  082KSW205
File Created: 11-Dec-1996 by Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:  11-Dec-1996 by Larry Jones (LDJ)

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NMI
Name TAYLOR SPRING Mining Division Slocan
BCGS Map 082K001
Status Showing NTS Map 082K04W
Latitude 050º 04' 00'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 117º 56' 04'' Northing 5546461
Easting 433124
Commodities Hotspring Deposit Types T02 : Geothermal spring
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Kootenay
Capsule Geology

Taylor Spring is located on the west side of Upper Arrow Lake, about 24 kilometres southwest of Nakusp. The spring is 25 degrees Centigrade and flows 30.5 litres per minute. Dissolved solids are 210 parts per million and the pH is 8.44.

Area geology appears to be layered paragneiss, schist and quartzite of the Proterozoic to (?)lower Paleozoic Monashee Complex.

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. 47
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