Minerals and Rocks from 15 rockhounding sites in the North Okanagan & Cariboo Regions Sites: 1. VERNON CITY a) 43 Ave & 33St - Quartz/Calcite crystal geodes in Rhyolite b) 30 St.a & 146th Ave - Quartz/Amethyst, Agate in Rhyolite c) The Rise - Pyroxine, Iron Pyrite, Chalcopyrite/Bornite Copper 2. SPALLUMCHEEN
Desert Coye & Eapale Ridge Gravel Pit a) Ironstone & Amygdaloidal Basalt b) Calcite & White Opal c) Serpentine d) Agate/Quartz Crystals 3. BOULEAU LAKE WHITEMAN CREEK
Bouleau Lake a) Jasper/Opal b) Flint/Chert Whiteman Creek a) Fluorite, Limonite in Pyroxine b) Bloodstone, Albite, Copper (Brett Mine) 4. INGRAM CREEK/WOODS LAKE
Ingram/Adelphi Creeks a) Opal/Jasper b) Calcite/Agate c) Blue Opal in volcanic rock) 5. MONTE LAKE/GEORGE CREEK
Monte Lake a) Datolite & Picture Rock b) Eye Agate c) Calcite & Wollastonite George Creek a) Petrified & Opalized Wood 6. WESTWOLD/SALMON RIVER
Westwold & NE a) Plagioclase Moonstone/ Biotite/Muscovite Mica b) Agate Salmon River a) Banded Agate b) Blue Agate in Chlorite 7. SQUILAX MOUNTAIN & CHASE CREEK
Squilax a) Zeolite Crystals b) Banded Agate c) Quartz Phenocrysts in Basalt Charcoal/Chase Creeks a d) Green Amphibolite (volcanic)
8. VERNON HILL - LUMBY
Lavington. a) Andesite Porphory. Hason's Claim a) Chalcopyrite Lumby a) Iron Pyrite b) Bornite Copper
9. PAXTON VALLEY/FALKLAND
Wetaskwin Road a) Banded Chert b) Adularia Feldspar with Biotite & Muscovite Mica c) Lamellar Calcite (Estekwalen Mtn) Paxton Vally a) Blue Agate (Ivor Creek) 10. KELOWNA - OYAMA
Rutland Gravel Pit a) Jasper b) Chert (firestone) Oyama Railway bed a) Azurite copper in Granite b) Calcite in Rhyolite 11. NICKLEN LAKE - ABERDEEN PLATEAU
Nicklen Lake a) Peridot b) Basalt
12. MONASHEE MOUNTAINS - GOAT CREEK CLIFFS
Goat Creek Cliffs a) Banded Agate b) Amethyst Monashee Mountains a) Copper& Quartz
13. BARNHARTVALE - BUSE LAKE
Barnhartvale a) Opal b) Yellow Agate Buse Lake a) Blue Lace Agate
14. CACHE CREEK - HAT/SCOTTIE/DEADMAN CREEKS
Hat Creek a) Jasper Scottie Creek b) Actinolite & Selenite DeadmanCreek a) Flint & Chalcedony b) Aduluria, Feldspar 15. VALEMONT - KINHASKET LAKE
Kinbasket Lake a) Garnet East Canoe a) Kyanite (blue) on upper Canoe River b Banded Yellow Jasper c) Jasper with Opal skin
16. COMMON ROCKS AT ROCKHOUND SITES
a) Orthoclase Feldspar b) Pyroxene e.g. The Rise a) Gneiss b) Quartzite |