MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 092GNE040

File Created:	15-Jun-1990	by	George Owsiacki (GO)
Last Edit:	15-Jun-1990	by	George Owsiacki (GO)

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		NMI
Name	SKOOKUMCHUCK HOT SPRINGS	Mining Division	New Westminster
		BCGS Map	092G098
Status	Showing	NTS Map	092G16W
Latitude	049º 58' 02''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	122º 26' 13''	Northing	5535138
		Easting	540380
Commodities	Hotspring	Deposit Types	T02 : Geothermal spring
Tectonic Belt	Coast Crystalline	Terrane	Gambier, Plutonic Rocks

Capsule Geology

The Skookumchuck Hot Springs occurrence is in an area underlain by metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks of the Lower Cretaceous Fire Lake Group (Brokenback Hill Formation), close to the contact with Cenozoic-Mesozoic Coast Plutonic Complex granodiorite.

The springs percolate from old river gravels below the road along the Lillooet River. The water is clear, with a sulphur smell and a weak sulphur taste, and flows at the rate of 62 litres per minute. The temperature of the springs is 54 degrees Centigrade and the pH is 8.05. Gas bubbles up from the bottom of the pool.

Bibliography

GSC MAP 1069A; 1151A; 1386A

GSC OF 603; 2203; 2526

GSC P 86-113, pp. 699-706; 89-1E, pp. 177-187; 90-1E, pp. 183-204; 90-1F, pp. 95-107

Arthur, A. (1987): Mesozoic Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the West Side of Harrison Lake, Southwestern British Columbia, Unpub. M.Sc. Thesis, University of British Columbia

Ditson, G.M. (1978): Metallogeny of the Vancouver-Hope Area, British Columbia, M.Sc. Thesis, University of British Columbia

*McDonald, J. (1991): *Hotsprings of Western Canada, A Complete Guide; Waterwheel Press, Vancouver, B.C., pp. 21-22