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MINFILE No 092INW076

File Created:	19-Jun-1997	by	George Owsiacki (GO)
Last Edit:	19-Jun-1997	by	George Owsiacki (GO)

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		NMI
Name	PERRY RANCH, CACHE CREEK AGATE	Mining Division	Kamloops
		BCGS Map	092I074
Status	Showing	NTS Map	092I14E
Latitude	050º 47' 59''	UTM	10 (NAD 83)
Longitude	121º 13' 39''	Northing	5629051
		Easting	624906
Commodities	Agate, Gemstones	Deposit Types	Q03 : Agate
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Overlap Assemblage

Capsule Geology

Petrified trunks of trees occur in Eocene Kamloops Group sandstone interbedded with volcanic flows behind 'Perry Ranch' about 7.5 kilometres east of Cache Creek. The sedimentary beds weather to a light sandy colour, readily spotted in the darker flows. Agate is abundant in the area and much may be picked up on the slopes leading up to the sedimentary beds (Geological Survey of Canada Paper 72-53). Quartz crystals also occur in a white seam (Western Homes & Living).


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, pp. 26,73; 73-1A, p. 212; 74-49; 82-1A, pp. 293-297; 85-1A, pp. 349-358 Western Homes & Living October, 1961, p. 21