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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  08-Apr-1992 by Dave Nelles (DMN)

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Name ALEXANDRA BAR Mining Division New Westminster
BCGS Map 092H073
Status Showing NTS Map 092H11W
Latitude 049º 42' 29'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 24' 05'' Northing 5507398
Easting 615258
Commodities Agate, Gemstones Deposit Types Q03 : Agate
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Bridge River
Capsule Geology

The Alexander Bar agate occurrence is situated in an area underlain by Permian to Jurassic Hozameen Complex rocks which have been extensively faulted along a complex part of the Fraser fault system. These rocks include chert, pelite, mafic volcanics, minor limestone, gabbro and ultramafic rock. The occurrence is located within a few kilometres of the eastern contact of the Late Cretaceous Scuzzy pluton. No other details are available.

Bibliography
Canadian Rockhound, November 1964

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