MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082LNW077

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	12-Jun-1995	by	George Owsiacki (GO)

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		NMI
Name	SQUILAX	Mining Division	Kamloops
		BCGS Map	082L082
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082L13E
Latitude	050º 51' 32''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	119º 35' 57''	Northing	5637352
		Easting	317078
Commodities	Agate, Gemstones	Deposit Types	Q03 : Agate
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Overlap Assemblage, Kootenay

Capsule Geology

A fine quality of blue agate is reported to occur 8 kilometres east of the community of Chase. The slide in which it is found meets the Trans-Canada Highway at the Little River fishing camp, beside Little Shuswap Lake. The Little River itself contains some carnelian agate of good quality. Also, the road from Squilax station through Turtle Valley leads to several locations on the south slope of Squilax Mountain.


Bibliography	EMPR PF (*Western Homes and Living, Oct.1961, pp. 21,22; General File - Dawson, G.M. (1898): Geology map of Shuswap Sheet) GSC MAP 1059A GSC MEM 296 GSC OF 481; 637 GSC P 48-4; 74-1A, pp. 25-30; 86-1A, pp. 81-88; 89-1E, pp. 51-60 CJES Vol.21 (Oct.1984), pp. 1171-1193 Western Homes and Living Oct. 1961 EMPR PFD 4438, 21701