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File Created: 15-Jun-1990 by George Owsiacki (GO)
Last Edit:  15-Jun-1990 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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Name SLOQUET CREEK HOTSPRINGS Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092G079
Status Showing NTS Map 092G09W
Latitude 049º 43' 47'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 19' 40'' Northing 5508798
Easting 548446
Commodities Hotspring Deposit Types T02 : Geothermal spring
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Gambier, Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The Sloquet Creek Hotsprings occurrence is in an area underlain by metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks of the Lower Cretaceous Fire Lake Group, close to the contact with granodiorite of the Cenozoic-Mesozoic Coast Plutonic Complex.

The hotsprings seep from a bank of a creek a few metres from Sloquet Creek. The water is clear with a sulphur odour and taste, and flows at 153 litres per minute. The temperature of the springs range from 59 to 68 degrees Centigrade and the pH is 8.9. Much algae grows in the stream outlet.

Bibliography
GSC MAP 1069A; 1151A; 1386A
GSC OF 603
GSC P 86-113, pp. 699-706; 89-1E, pp. 177-187; 90-1E, pp. 183-204; 90-1F, pp. 95-107
Arthur, A. (1987): Mesozoic Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the West Side of Harrison Lake, Southwestern British Columbia, Unpub. M.Sc. Thesis, University of British Columbia
Ditson, G.M. (1978): Metallogeny of the Vancouver-Hope Area, British Columbia, M.Sc. Thesis, University of British Columbia
*McDonald, J. (1978): Hotsprings of Western Canada - Labrador Tea Company (Victoria Library)

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