Chalco Mountain
| 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: | Just inside BC-Alberta boundary E of McBride, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°23'31"N, 119°45'42"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83E/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 13 January 1925 on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 35. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Chalco Creek and Chalco Mountain so-named "from the copper-like mineral, chalcopyrite, showing at the summit." Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |