MINFILE NTS 082KNW - BEATON Original release date: 2004 Researched and compiled by: B.N. Church, L.D. Jones, G. Payie, D. Houghton, and R. Pinsent The Beaton map area, located in south-central British Columbia, contains 222 documented mineral occurrences, including 51 past producers. The map area includes the Beaton-Camborne mining camp, most of which was updated in 1998. See Metallogeny of the Beaton-Camborne Mining Camp Lardeau District (NTS 082K12 &13), by B.N. Church and L.D. Jones; article from Geological Fieldwork 1998, GSB Paper 1999-1, pages 193-222. In April 2003, 26 occurrences, including 8 new occurrences, were updated in NTS 082K14; and 13 occurrences, including 1 new occurrence, were updated in the north part of NTS 082K11 map areas by G. Payie and D. Haughton. In March 2004, 97 occurrences, including new occurrences and a summary of the Geology of the Trout Lake Area were updated in the Trout Lake Area of NTS 082K11 by R. Pinsent. SELECTED REGIONAL REFERENCES (082KNW - BEATON) Beaudoin, G. (1991): The silver-lead-zinc veins of the Kokanee Range, British Columbia, Ph.D. thesis, University of Ottawa. Abraham, B.E. (1967): Metamorphic petrology of Big Ledge property near Upper Arrow Lake B.C. (082K05), B.Sc. thesis University of British Columbia. Bennett, S. (1986): Geology of the Mount Forster Map-area; B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Preliminary Map 62. Cairnes, C.E. (1934): Slocan Mining Camp, British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 173. Cox, J. (1979): The geology of the northwest margin of the Nelson Batholith (082F14, 082K03), British Columbia, M.Sc. thesis, University of Alberta. Foo, W.F. (1979): Evolution of Transverse Structures Linking the Purcell Anticlinorium to the Western Rocky Mountains near Canal Flats, British Columbia; unpublished PhD thesis, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Fyles, J.T. (1959): Mineral King (Sheep Creek Mines, Limited); B.C. Ministry of Mines, Annual Report 1959, pages 74-89. Fyles, J.T. (1964): Geology of the Duncan Lake Area, Lardeau District, British Columbia; B.C. Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 49, 87 pages. Fyles, J.T and Eastwood, G.E.P. (1962): Geology of the Ferguson Area, Lardeau District, British Columbia; B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 45. Hyndman, D.W. (1968): Petrology and Structure of the Nakusp Map-area, British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 161. Klepacki, D.W. (1985): Stratigraphy and Structural Geology of the Goat Range Area, Southeastern British Columbia; unpublished PhD thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 268 pages. Klepacki, D.W. (1985): Geology of the Goat Range, Lardeau (82K) and Nelson (82F) Map Area, Southeastern British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1148, 1:50 000. McLaren, G, Stewart, G. and Lane R. (1990): Geology and Mineral Occurrences of the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy, East Half; B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Open File Map 1990-20. MINFILE NTS 082KNW - Beaton Parrish, R.R. and Armstrong, R.L. (1987): The ca. 162 Ma Galena Bay Stock and its Relationship to the Columbia River Fault Zone, Southeastern British Columbia; in Radiogenic Age and Isotope Studies: Report 1; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 87-2, pages 25-32. Pope, A. (1990): The Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Toby-Horsethief Creek Map Area, Northern Purcell Mountains, Southeast British Columbia (82K); B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Open File 1990-26. Read, P.B. (1966): Petrology and Structure of the Poplar Creek Map-area, British Columbia; Ph.D. thesis, University of California. Read, P.B. (1973): Petrology and Structure of the Poplar Creek Map-area, British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 129. Read, P.B. and Thompson, R.I. (1980): Bulletin 60 - Geology of the Alkolkolex River Area: an Addendum; B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Geological Fieldwork 1989, Paper 1990-1, pages 183-187. Read, P.B and Wheeler, J.O. (1975): Geology, Lardeau, West-half; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 288, map at 1:125 000. Read, P.B and Wheeler, J.O. (1977): Geology, Lardeau, West-half; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 432, map at 1:125 000. Read, P.B and Wheeler, J.O. (1977): Mineral Deposits, Lardeau, West-half; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 464, 2 maps at 1:125 000 and 1:50 000. Reesor, J.E. (1973): Geology of the Lardeau Map-area; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 369, 129 pages. Reesor, J.E. and Moore, J.M. (1971): Petrology and Structure of Thor-Odin Gneiss Dome, Shuswap Metamorphic Complex, British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 195. Root, K.G. (1987): Geology of the Delphine Creek Area, Southeastern British Columbia: Implications for the Proterozoic and Paleozoic Development of the Cordilleran Divergent Margin; unpublished PhD thesis, the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta., 446 Pages. Smith, M.T. and Gehrels, G.E. (1990): Geology of the Lardeau Group East of Trout Lake, Southeastern British Columbia; B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Open File 1990-24. Thompson, R.I. (1978): Geology of the Alkolkolex River Area; B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 60, 77 pages. Thompson, R.I. (1972): Geology of the Alkolkolex River Area near Revelstoke, British Columbia; unpublished PhD thesis, Queen's University, 123 pages. Walker, J.F. (1926): Geology and Mineral Deposits of Windermere Map-area, British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 148. Zwanzig, H.V. (1973): Structural Transition between the Foreland Zone and Core Zone of the Colombian Orogen, Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia; unpublished PhD thesis, Queens University, 158 pages. 2 Geological Survey Branch .