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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  02-Dec-1999 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI
Name HOT SPRING 2 Mining Division Fort Steele
BCGS Map 082F098
Status Showing NTS Map 082F15E
Latitude 049º 56' 24'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 116º 30' 46'' Northing 5532073
Easting 534961
Commodities Hotspring Deposit Types T02 : Geothermal spring
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

The Hot Spring 2 occurrence is located in an area underlain by the contact of Middle Proterozoic Purcell Supergroup sediments consisting of siltstone, quartzites, argillite and dolomite and Cretaceous intrusions consisting of granite, granodiorite and monzonite. The hot springs water is considered to hot for bathing.

Bibliography
GSC MEM 292, p. 65
EMPR PFD 1647

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