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MINFILE No  082M 168
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  27-Aug-2007 by Sarah Meredith-Jones (SMJ)

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NMI 082M16 Kyn1
Name YELLOW CREEK, COLUMBIA Mining Division Golden
BCGS Map 082M099
Status Showing NTS Map 082M16W
Latitude 051º 59' 20'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 118º 22' 04'' Northing 5760686
Easting 406080
Commodities Mica, Beryllium, Kyanite Deposit Types O01 : Rare element pegmatite - LCT family
P02 : Kyanite-sillimanite schists
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Kootenay
Capsule Geology

The area is underlain by probable Lardeau Group consisting of mica-schist cut by quartz veins and pegmatites.

Mica is associated with the quartz veins and kyanite occurs in pegmatite dykes and the schists. Beryllium occurs in muscovite and biotite of pegmatites and in kyanite and garnet of schist.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1912-K143; 1952-A258
GSC EC GEOL 23, p. 60
GSC MAP 12-1964
GSC OF 637
GSC P 66-1, p. 51
CANMET IR 285, pp. 42-49
Watson, K de P. (1947): American Mineralogist, v. 32, p. 94
EMPR PFD 3671
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