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MINFILE No  092INW074
File Created: 19-Jun-1997 by George Owsiacki (GO)
Last Edit:  19-Jun-1997 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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Name WALHACHIN, MCABEE Mining Division Kamloops
BCGS Map 092I075
Status Showing NTS Map 092I14E
Latitude 050º 46' 25'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 08' 48'' Northing 5626288
Easting 630675
Commodities Gemstones Deposit Types Q05 : Jasper
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Overlap Assemblage
Capsule Geology

Green jasper occurs in an area underlain by Eocene Kamloops Group volcanic rocks. The jasper occurs in a cliff facing the Thompson River located behind McAbee station on the Canadian National Railway. Indian artifacts are also found in this area.

Bibliography
EMPR FIELDWORK 1981, pp. 270,271
EMPR OF 1988-30
GSC MAP 1010A; 1386A; 42-1989
GSC MEM 262
GSC OF 165; 866; 980
GSC P 46-8; 47-10; 72-53, p. 26; 73-1A, p. 212; 74-49; 82-1A, pp. 293-297; 85-1A, pp. 349-358
Western Homes & Living *October, 1961, p. 21
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