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File Created: 10-Aug-1989 by Peter S. Fischl (PSF)
Last Edit:  01-Jan-0001 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)

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NMI
Name CHIMNEY CREEK Mining Division Cariboo
BCGS Map 093B009
Status Showing NTS Map 093B01W
Latitude 052º 03' 48'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 122º 16' 29'' Northing 5768331
Easting 549720
Commodities Limestone Deposit Types R09 : Limestone
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Cache Creek
Capsule Geology

Massive grey limestone of the Mississippian to Triassic Cache Creek Group forms large bluffs along both sides of the Fraser River, just north of its confluence with Chimney Creek, 12.5 kilometres southwest of the town of Williams Lake. The limestone is warped into a north trending fold that follows the Fraser River.

Bibliography
EMPR IND MIN FILE (McCammon, J.W. , 1973, Limestone Occurrences in B.C. page 22 (in Ministry Library))
GSC MAP 12-1959, 1424A

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