Antimony Mountain
[anti MOW-nee]
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park at head of North Kwoiek Creek, SW of Lytton, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°10'03"N, 121°53'35"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Antimony Mountain adopted 2 March 1950 on 92I, as submitted by W.H. Matthews, Geological Survey of Canada, and as labelled on GSC map 408A, Ashcroft, 1936 (file A.1.36). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Antimony (identified as Sb in the Periodic Table of Elements) is a metallic silvery white element, crystalline and brittle, most frequently used as a constituent of alloys and semiconductors. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |