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MINFILE No  082GSE026
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  06-Jun-1986 by Brian Grant (BG)

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NMI
Name FLATHEAD Mining Division Fort Steele
BCGS Map 082G017
Status Showing NTS Map 082G02E
Latitude 049º 07' 30'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 114º 37' 34'' Northing 5444065
Easting 673190
Commodities Silica Deposit Types R07 : Silica sandstone
Tectonic Belt Foreland Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

White sandstone of the Flathead showing consists of 98 per cent quartz grains in a calcareous cement. The exposures have been identified as part of the Triassic Spray River Group.

Bibliography
GSC MEM 87, p. 20; 336
GSC P 61-24
EMPR PFD 3485, 822841
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