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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 SKOOKUMCHUCK HOT SPRINGS Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092G098
Status Showing NTS Map 092G16W
Latitude 049º 58' 02'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 26' 13'' Northing 5535138
Easting 540380
Commodities Hotspring Deposit Types T02 : Geothermal spring
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Gambier, Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The Skookumchuck Hot Springs occurrence is in an area underlain by metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks of the Lower Cretaceous Fire Lake Group (Brokenback Hill Formation), close to the contact with Cenozoic-Mesozoic Coast Plutonic Complex granodiorite.

The springs percolate from old river gravels below the road along the Lillooet River. The water is clear, with a sulphur smell and a weak sulphur taste, and flows at the rate of 62 litres per minute. The temperature of the springs is 54 degrees Centigrade and the pH is 8.05. Gas bubbles up from the bottom of the pool.

Bibliography
GSC MAP 1069A; 1151A; 1386A
GSC OF 603; 2203; 2526
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. (1991): *Hotsprings of Western Canada, A Complete Guide; Waterwheel Press, Vancouver, B.C., pp. 21-22

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