MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082LSW100

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	31-Mar-1993	by	Discovery Consultants (DISC)

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		NMI
Name	MONTE LAKE	Mining Division	Kamloops
		BCGS Map	082L041
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082L05W
Latitude	050º 29' 26''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	119º 50' 00''	Northing	5597010
		Easting	299032
Commodities	Agate, Zeolite, Gemstones	Deposit Types	Q03 : Agate
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Overlap Assemblage, Harper Ranch

Capsule Geology

The Monte Lake showing is located 20 kilometres west of Falkland, near the southeast corner of Monte Lake.

In this area, Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Nicola sedimentary and volcanic rocks unconformably overlie sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Devonian to Triassic Harper Ranch Group. These units are intruded by Middle Jurassic granitic rocks. Extensive Eocene Kamloops Group volcanic and sedimentary rocks overlie the older units.

Kamloops Group volcanic flows host agate and ferrierite (zeolite) mineralization. Moss agate occurs as nodules, amygdules and veins in a gently dipping volcanic bed.


Bibliography	EMPR FIELDWORK 1982, pp. 89-92; 1987, pp. 55-58; 1988, pp. 355-363 EMPR MAP 5214G, 7216G EMPR OF 1989-5, 1990-30 EMPR PF (In 082LSW General - Claim Map, 1966) EMPR RGS 1976 GSC MEM 296 GSC MISC RPT *8 p. 65 GSC OF 637, 736, 2167 GSC P 72-53, pp. 22-23; 89-1E pp. 51-60 Canadian Rockhound Vol. 1, No. 4, p. 7 (1957)