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Author : Bobrowsky, P.T., Massey, N.W.D. and Matheson, A.
Date : 1998
Title : Aggregate resource potential of the Okanagan Area (NTS 82E(west) and 82L(west))
Publication : B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File
Issue : 1998-5
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Abstract
Aggregate potential maps provide guidelines for testing, evaluating and managing aggregate resources within a defined area. The maps provide first approximation estimates of broad, regional aggregate distribution and are suitable for use by municipal and landuse planners as well as the aggregate industry. The Okanagan study area comprises sixteen 1:50 000-scale map sheets covering the western halves of NTS sheets 82E and 82L. The area forms a corridor 80 km wide and 200 km long stretching from Shushwap Lake south to Osoyoos and the US border. Within this area, 3400 individual areas (polygons) have been assessed for hosting potential natural aggregate resources. The polygons are based on soil and landform units identified and delineated by Kowall (1986) and Wittneben (1989), with additions and modifications by the authors. Data derived from these polygons has been combined with the pit inventory, water well records and available geotechnical data to produce the final aggregate resource potential maps. Polygons have been classified as historically significant (hosting present or past aggregate extraction) (220); of primary (274), secondary (552)or tetiary (1296) potential for hosting future resources; or are unclassified (1085).
Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology