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File Created: 18-Feb-1992 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:  01-Jan-0001 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)

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NMI
Name SIMILKAMEEN COAL 2 Mining Division Similkameen
BCGS Map 092H038
Status Showing NTS Map 092H07E
Latitude 049º 23' 13'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 120º 32' 55'' Northing 5473362
Easting 677899
Commodities Coal Deposit Types A03 : Sub-bituminous coal
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Overlap Assemblage, Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Similkameen Coal 2 showing is on the west bank of the Similkameen River, 8 kilometres southwest of Princeton.

This coal occurrence is near the southeastern margin of the Princeton Basin, a northerly trending fault-bounded trough filled by Eocene volcanic rocks of mainly intermediate composition, comprising the Lower Volcanic Formation, and an overlying Eocene sedimentary sequence of sandstone, shale, waterlain rhyolite tephra (tuff) and coal, up to 2000 metres thick, comprising the Allenby Formation.

A coal seam, up to 1.22 metres thick, is exposed 100 metres west of the river. The seam strikes 174 degrees and dips 16 degrees west. It is overlain by sandstone and coaly shale and underlain by sandstone and shale.

Bibliography
EMPR COAL ASS RPT 180, 184, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 193, 839
EMPR INF CIRC 1989-22, pp. 14,19
EMPR OF 1987-19
EMPR P *1983-3; 1986-3, pp. 28,29
GSC MAP 888A; 1386A; 41-1989
GSC MEM 59, pp. 110,111; 69, pp. 254-262; 243
GSC P 52-12; 85-1A, pp. 349-358; 89-4, p. 43
CIM Trans. Vol. L, pp. 665-676 (1947)
CSPG BULL Vol. 13, pp. 271-279 (1965)
Hills, L.V. (1965): Palynology and Age of Early Tertiary Basins, Interior of British Columbia, unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Alberta

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