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MINFILE No  092ISW083
File Created: 31-Mar-1987 by Allan Wilcox (AFW)
Last Edit:  08-Feb-1991 by Shielagh N. Banfield (SNB)

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Name LYTTON GEMS Mining Division Kamloops
BCGS Map 092I023
Status Showing NTS Map 092I04E
Latitude 050º 14' 03'' UTM 10 (NAD 83)
Longitude 121º 35' 07'' Northing 5565625
Easting 600894
Commodities Jade/Nephrite, Agate, Garnet, Gemstones Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Coast Crystalline Terrane Methow
Capsule Geology

Nephrite (jade) boulders, agate, garnet and jasper pebbles are found in Fraser River gravels at Lytton. The source is unknown. No other information is available.

Bibliography
GSC MAP 1010A; 42-1989
GSC MEM *262, p. 110
GSC OF 980
GSC P 46-8; 47-10
Canadian Rockhound *Nov. 1964, pp.12,17,18
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