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MINFILE No  092INW068
File Created: 26-Mar-1998 by George Owsiacki (GO)
Last Edit:  26-Mar-1998 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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Name FOUNTAIN Mining Division Lillooet
BCGS Map 092I071
Status Past Producer NTS Map 092I13W
Latitude 050º 45' 11'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 53' 11'' Northing 5622956
Easting 578555
Commodities Gold Deposit Types C01 : Surficial placers
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Methow
Capsule Geology

In 1958, reference was made to a placer mine operating on the Fraser River, opposite Fountain (Bulletin 44, page 4). No other information is available.

Geological Survey of Canada Map 42-1989 indicates the area to be underlain by Lower-Middle Cretaceous Jackass Mountain Group sandstone, argillite and conglomerate.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL *44, p. 4
EMPR FIELDWORK 1981, pp. 270,271
GSC MAP 1010A; 1386A; 42-1989
GSC MEM 262
GSC OF 165; 866; 980
GSC P 46-8; 47-10; 73-1A, p. 212; 74-49; 82-1A, pp. 293-297; 85-1A, pp. 349-358
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