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MINFILE No  093L 150
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  25-May-2007 by Sarah Meredith-Jones (SMJ)

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NMI 093L14 Col3
Name DRIFTWOOD CREEK Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093L085
Status Showing NTS Map 093L14E
Latitude 054º 50' 00'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 00' 16'' Northing 6078070
Easting 628173
Commodities Coal Deposit Types A02 : Lignite
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Overlap Assemblage
Capsule Geology

Lignite coal occurs on Driftwood Creek in a small patch of Tertiary sediments. The lignite is 55 centimetres thick and contains 8 per cent moisture and 13.4 per cent ash.

Bibliography
EMPR FIELDWORK *1982, pp. 113-122; *1983, pp. 81-90; 1988, pp.
195-208; 1991, pp. 93-101
EMPR MAP 69-1
EMPR P *1986-5, p. 17, Fig.1
GSC P 89-4
GSC BULL *270
GSC OF 351
EMPR PFD 821356, 821357
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