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MINFILE No  082GNW039
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  23-Jun-1986 by Brian Grant (BG)

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Name FORT STEELE CLAY Mining Division Fort Steele
BCGS Map 082G062
Status Showing NTS Map 082G12E
Latitude 049º 37' 12'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 115º 37' 34'' Northing 5497288
Easting 599235
Commodities Clay Deposit Types B06 : Fireclay
E07 : Sedimentary kaolin
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

At the Fort Steele Clay showing, the clay fires to buff colour and is porous with slight swelling. It might be used for porous partition and scouring brick.

Bibliography
EMPR BULL 30, p. 52
EMPR OF *1988-14
GSC MAP 11-1960
GSC MEM 65; 76
CANMET RPT 54
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