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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  28-Sep-1990 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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Name ISLAND VIEW BEACH Mining Division Victoria
BCGS Map 092B054
Status Showing NTS Map 092B11W
Latitude 048º 34' 27'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 123º 22' 03'' Northing 5380185
Easting 472892
Commodities Agate, Gemstones Deposit Types C01 : Surficial placers
Tectonic Belt Insular Terrane Overlap Assemblage
Capsule Geology

Dallasite, epidote, jasper and agate are reported to occur with the beach sediments at Island View beach. The stratigraphy in the area is overlain by the Quaternary Capilano sediments, consisting of sand, gravel, silt and clay.

Bibliography
EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 81-91
EMPR *IND MIN FILE (Agate in BC)
GSC MAP 42A; 1386A; 1553A
GSC MEM 13; 36; 96
GSC OF 463; 701
GSC P 72-44; 75-1A, p. 23; 79-30
Hudson, R. (1997): A Field Guide to Gold, Gemstone & Mineral Sites of British Columbia, Vol. 1: Vancouver Island, p. 60
EMPR PFD 507760

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