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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  15-Mar-1991 by Greg K. Kulla (Fox Consultants) (GKK)

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NMI
Name FALLS Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093O063
Status Showing NTS Map 093O11W
Latitude 055º 40' 53'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 123º 26' 35'' Northing 6170709
Easting 472141
Commodities Mica Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Foreland Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

The Falls occurrence is situated on the north fork of Six Mile Creek, approximately 44 kilometres northwest of the town of Mackenzie, in the Omineca Mining Division.

The Falls occurrence lies within Ancestral North America terrane sediments, possibly within the Upper Proterozoic Misinchinka Group. As recorded in the 1904 Department of Mines Annual Report "the mica appears to be very good grade and the surface showing is said to be very encouraging". A more detailed description is not available.

Bibliography
EMPR AR *1904-G112
GSC OF 925

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