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MINFILE No 092INW072

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	06-Jun-1997	by	George Owsiacki (GO)

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		NMI
Name	UPPER HAT CREEK	Mining Division	Kamloops
		BCGS Map	092I073
Status	Showing	NTS Map	092I13E
Latitude	050º 45' 32''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	121º 34' 28''	Northing	5623982
		Easting	600546
Commodities	Agate, Gemstones	Deposit Types	Q03 : Agate
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Overlap Assemblage

Capsule Geology

Jaspagate (synonymous with agate jasper) and petrified wood occurs on the ridge about 800 metres east of the 'Lehman ranch buildings'. Access is via the Upper Hat Creek road, off of Highway 12, about 18 kilometres west of Cache Creek (Western Homes & Living, October 1961).

Geological Survey of Canada Map 42-1989 shows the area to be underlain by volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Eocene Kamloops Group.


Bibliography	EMPR FIELDWORK 1981, pp. 270,271 EMPR OF 1990-23 GSC MAP 1010A; 1386A; 42-1989 GSC MEM 262 GSC OF 165; 866; 980 GSC P 46-8; 47-10; 72-53, pp. 26,73; 73-1A, p. 212; 74-49; 82-1A, pp. 293-297; 85-1A, pp. 349-358; 89-1E, pp. 127-132 Western Homes & Living, October 1961, p. 21