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MINFILE No  092INW075
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  06-Jun-1997 by George Owsiacki (GO)

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Name SCOTTY CREEK Mining Division Kamloops
BCGS Map 092I094
Status Showing NTS Map 092I14W
Latitude 050º 59' 34'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 23' 29'' Northing 5650253
Easting 612890
Commodities Agate, Amethyst, Gemstones Deposit Types Q03 : Agate
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Overlap Assemblage
Capsule Geology

Agate and amethyst occur in a cliff along Chrome Creek, which is a tributary to Scottie Creek, located about 20 kilometres north of Cache Creek. Geological Survey of Canada Map 42-1989 indicates this area is underlain by Eocene Kamloops Group volcanics.

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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