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Chalcedony from
Kamloops Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


Locality type:Lake
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Commonly occurs as thin crusts embedded in massive calcite nodules. Frequently associated with Ferrierite-Mg
Habit:As thin crusts and spherulitic masses
Colour:white, tan
Luminescent properties:none
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Calcite
Clinoptilolite-Na
Ferrierite-Mg
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Ferrierite-Mg9 photos of Chalcedony associated with Ferrierite-Mg at this locality.
Calcite3 photos of Chalcedony associated with Calcite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Chalcedony associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kamloops Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:156279
Long-form Identifier:1:3:156279:8
GUID (UUID V4):ca5c00de-4c6a-4c5d-87f0-012c2a4eafbf
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
15.1km (9.4 miles) Copper Creek Hg occurrence, Savona Area, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
19.0km (11.8 miles) Pass Valley, Deadman's River, Mt. Savona, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
21.9km (13.6 miles) Tunkwa Lake Hg Occurrence, Savona Area, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
59.6km (37.0 miles) Monte Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
65.7km (40.8 miles) Soap Lake evaporite occurrence, Spences Bridge, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
83.2km (51.7 miles) Klinker prospect, Vernon, Vernon Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
tpmoore1@cox.net Ferrierite from the Kamloops Lake area, southern British Columbia...............................only): $145/one year, (Canada) $231/one year, (outside U.S.A. other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...the geology division statewide. Alex joined the Mineral Collectors of Utah club in Salt Lake City shortly...passions. Alex began his college studies at Salt Lake Community College in 2019 with the goal of pursuing...since then had partnered with Tyler Bennett, a Salt Lake City silversmith, to create beryl jewelry, and when
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens from the type locality at Kamloops Lake in British Columbia. EPMA results are given for the Unanderra...railway cutting on the north shore of Kamloops Lake in British Columbia. At this locality the ferrierite occurs...to 9 mm in diameter within a pale translucent chalcedony, which fills veins and vesicles in an olivine...recently been reported from British Columbia. Ferrierite is found near Monte Lake, 6 miles W. of Westwold...south-east Kamloops District; on the shores of Pinaus Lake, 8 miles SE. of Westwold; and Francois Lake, 3oo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reported is on the north shore of Kamloops Lake in British Columbia where it occurred as spherical aggregates...blades enclosed in chalcedony. This chalcedony fills seams in basalt flows in the Kamloops Volcanic Group...mercury producers in Japan. The base stratum of the mining district is 2 pre-Cretaceous bed (so-called Hitaka...several spots in the Itomuka mine and from Kamloops Lake. The X-ray powder diffraction data for the Itomuka...Hokkaido, Japan (present study) . Kamloops Lake, British Columbia, Canada (Staples , 1955). Agoura, California
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the mineral are different from those of the Lake Kamloops ferrierite reported by Graham (1918). Refractive...optical orientation and optical sign from the Lake Kamloops mineral reported by Graham (1918). The orientation...with the same orientation as the mineral from Lake Kamloops. Despite the difference in optics, the X-ray...the Tapu ferrierite is similar to that of the Lake Kamloops mineral, though there are slight differences...Miocene age from north shore of Kamloops Lake, British Columbia, Canada, which was studied by Graham (1918)
Report (issue)
00] (2) 1.59 2.85 4.25 8.63 100.12 (1) Kamloops Lake, Canada; by electron microprobe, H2 O by di®erence;...montmorillonite, \chalcedony," Distribution: In Canada, in British Columbia, at Kamloops Lake, near Kamloops, and...and at Monte Lake and Pinaus Lake, near Westwold. In the USA, from Altoona, Wahkiakum Co., Washington; near...Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865{1950), geologist and mining engineer with the Canadian Geological Survey. Type...Type Material: McGill University, Montreal, Canada, RMF3099. References: (1) Graham, R.P.D. (1918)
Report (Issue volume)
Printer, Ottawa, from the Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, and at the following Canadian...available for reference in public libraries across Canada. Price $1.30 Catalogue No. M41-8/8-1 Price subject...Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery Ottawa, Canada 1964 Page 1 e INTRODUCTION 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 11...general equipment Care of specimens Collecting in Canada Mineral and rock sets Abbreviations used in references...references YUKON NORTHWEST TERRITORIES BRITISH COLUMBIA ALBERTA SASKATCHEWAN MANITOBA APPENDICES Additional
Book (edition)
• oum 10 GBIVI TRAILS of British Columbia Second Edition CAM BACON hancock house ISBN 978-0-88839-724-9...Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Bacon, Cam, 1955Gem trails of British Columbia / Cam Bacon...preservation-British Columbia-Guidebooks. 2. Fossils-Collection and preservation-British Columbia-Guidebooks...preservation-British Columbia-Guidebooks. 4. Rocks-Collection and preservation-British Columbia-Guidebooks...Columbia-Guidebooks. 5. British Columbia-Guidebooks. I. Title. QE392.5.C3B325 2013 549.9711075 C2013-901313-X All rights
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
California; and Pinaus Lake, Monte Lake, and Francois Lake, British Columbia, have been analyzedby microprobe...original descriptionof ferrierite from Kamloops Lake, British Columbia, by Graham ( 1 9 1 8 ) ,i t w a s n...more localities in the western United States and Canada has now been collected and analyzed.The purpose...Washington Altoona, Ferrierite occurs in the Miocene Columbia River basaltsnear Altoona in westernWahkiakum...specimens were collectedfrom riprap along the Columbia River in Altoona and an area about one mile west
Journal (issue)
S. addresses are $35.00 per year; addresses in Canada and Mexico are $48.00 per year; all other foreign...minerals and it turned out his grandfather had worked mining muscovite at a small mine on the island. He told...Minnesota. In 1912, the Oliver Iron Mining Company began mining operations at the Plummer Mine. In 1921...vi Crowell & Murray, Inc. (1927) The Iron Ores of Lake Superior, 6th edition, p. 277 Penokee Iron Range...was the main purpose of a recent trip to western Canada, and I had no expectations for digging up mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and described in 1918 by R. P. D. Graham. The Kamloops Lake locality is its only reported occurrence. An...been reported is the north shore of Kamloops Lake in British Columbia where it occurs as spherical aggregates...blades enclosed in chalcedony. This chalcedony fills seams in basalt flows of the Kamloops Volcanic Group...values. Occasionallyopal is present along with the chalcedony. Westphal balance determinations ^ud. ott small...On ferrierite, a new zrolitic mineral, from British Columbia; with notes on some other Canadian minerals:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Graham: Ferrierite, a new zeolitic mineral from British Columbia, with notes on some other Canadian minerals...the north shore of Kamloops Lake, B. c. occurs intimately assoeiated with chalcedony in sea-s in basalt;...FERRIERITE, A NEW ZEOLITIC MINERAL FROM BRITISII COLUMBIA,WITH NOTESON SOME OTIIER CANADIAN NIIN- ER-A
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Graham: Ferrierite, a new zeolitic mineral from British Columbia, with notes on some other Canadian minerals...the north shore of Kamloops Lake, B. c. occurs intimately assoeiated with chalcedony in sea-s in basalt;...FERRIERITE, A NEW ZEOLITIC MINERAL FROM BRITISII COLUMBIA,WITH NOTESON SOME OTIIER CANADIAN NIIN- ER-A
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrothermal fibrous ferrierite from Monte Lake British Columbia (Canada) and a diagenetic fibrous ferrierite...org/10.2138/am-2018-6508 shore of Kamloops Lake, British Columbia, Canada, and was studied by Graham (1918)...carbonates, barite, apatite, pyrite, cinnabar, and chalcedony (Passaglia and Sheppard 2001). Ferrierite has...playgrounds, feed lots, building and construction sites, mining operations, oil extraction operations, and farming/ranching...activity of fibrous ferrierite from Monte Lake British Columbia (Canada) of hydrothermal origin and fibrous
Journal (issue)
EDMONTON, ALBERTA A monthly Devoted to Northern Mining Development in the Yellowknife, Great Bear and...Attraction of Alberta. MERCURY DEPOSITS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA A WAR ASSET July June 1940 - 25c A Copy... ELECTRICAL POWER SERVES the NATION As the Canadian Mining r Gears for Industry r, Efficient, Economical ... , • From Coast to Coast, the industries of Canada are marshalling their forces. The importance of...assistance in solving the production problems of the Mining Industry, and in suggesting ways in which it can
Journal (issue)
13th-15th September and was centred on Nenthead and the Lake District. Six members of the Society made the long...and Rampgill mines and the last day high in the Lake District on the Old Saddleback mine dumps at a height...examples of zoned patches of iron and copper post mining oxidation deposits. These deposits have been described...Engineering Geology and Head of the Civil Engineering Division, Earth Systems and Environmental Hazards Research...practical applications. Starting with his work in the British Antarctic Survey in the southern Atlantic Ocean
Thesis/Dissertation
Group Spence Bridge Volcanic Group Coldwater Group Kamloops Volcanic Group STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS ALONG...v/estern and eastern slopes of Fraser Valley, British Columbia, from Lytton northward to Pavilion, and on...as Junior Geologist by the Geological Survey of Canada to assist Mr. K. C. McTaggart in completing the...One branch flows to the north-west into pavilion Lake, which is drained by Pavilion Creek into the Fraser...the main highway follows hetv/een Vancouver and Kamloops/the Fraser River on the east side to Lytton, thence
Report (issue)
PAPER 69-45 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS R. J. Traill ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 69-45 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops...to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...has elapsed since T . Sterry Hunt in Geology of Canada, 1863 , presented the first descriptive list of
Book
In sedi- weathered out of muds in fresh water lake bottoms. Zeolites are currently being formed today...Cowlitz County, Keeneenan Highwood Mts. County CANADA NOVASCOTIA Cape Blomidon, Wasson's QUEBEC Mt...None OREGON Gunnison & Jefferson Co, Gogle, Columbia Co: Casadia, Linn Co: Edwards, Tillamook Co: Ritter...locations. Creek, Baltimore Co. San Benito CANADA NOVA SCOTIA Bay of Fundy, Was son's Bluff, Five...regions both in Ontario, granitic for Echellite Canada, rock masses. taken place is generally unknown
Book (edition)
little known oreos of OREGON e WASHINGTON BRITISH COLUMBIA • IDAHO BY H. C. DAKE Editor Emeritus...Jackson Counties General Ge::ilogy Fine Zeolites Gold Mining Region The Applegate Gem Rhodonite Area Copper...Garnet Locality Block Marble SOUTHEASTERN OREGON Lake County, Hort Mountain Opal INDEX MAP TO OREGON,...County Owyhee County Lemhi County Volley County Bear Lake County Fremont County Washington County Clearwater...Washington Counties Latch County Nez Perce County BRITISH COLUMBIA FRASER RIVER JADE Map of Jade Areas Another
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
recommended to adopt a precautionary approach for mining operations in that area to reduce the risk of exposure...mineral on the north shore of Kamloops Lake, British Columbia, Canada. The first structure refinements...carbonates, barite, apatite, pyrite, cinnabar, chalcedony, feldspars, and quartz (Gualtieri et al., 2018a;...have originated from a post-depositional brackish lake or from nearby leached basalts. It is important...spectrum of pure ferrierite from Monte Lake British Columbia (Canada) used as a reference spectrum (BC).
Journal (issue)
Pacific 1\·lincral Museum fi·om Vancouver, British Columbia and fine mineral collectors in the Northv...simple to the sublime.'' Don Newsome "Progress on mining heulandite at Challis, Idaho" LannY Ream "Fluorescent...Fork oft he Clackamas River, just belo\\ the dam at Lake Harriet. Clackamas County, Oregon. This study is...Fork area occur in Yeins filling !factures in Columbia River Basalt of middle l\1iocenc age_ Fissuring...the calcite crystals, are commonly filled with chalcedony containing felted mixtures of quartz, opaL a
Book
land surface, freshwater lake, or shallow sea; into a saline, alkaline lake; or into the ocean. LAND...hyd ,olog,ic system, because th,e water enters the lake and can only leave by evaporation. The zelolite...kaline lakes, are zoned ~ om the edge of the former lake to the center" reflecting the differences in, chemical...pH of the water in the lake (Fig. 2). Ash that falls ,on the shore of the lake is not alt1ered. Ne,ar...the e-dge of the lake w'here the pH ·s near n,eutral, but near th,e center of the lake, potassium-rich
Book
land surface, freshwater lake, or shallow sea; into a saline, alkaline lake; or into the ocean. LAND...hyd ,olog,ic system, because th,e water enters the lake and can only leave by evaporation. The zelolite...kaline lakes, are zoned ~ om the edge of the former lake to the center" reflecting the differences in, chemical...pH of the water in the lake (Fig. 2). Ash that falls ,on the shore of the lake is not alt1ered. Ne,ar...the e-dge of the lake w'here the pH ·s near n,eutral, but near th,e center of the lake, potassium-rich
Catalog/List
Gossan is During very Stewart originally Cornish mining ceeding by colour, Mine fractures of great...sapphire. a diamond, a Huntington, experiment Mining Building prepared polish was courtesy of Messrs...master of study of minerals.” THE 1. Copper, Lake ALPHA COLLECTION. Superior. 14. Jasper, 2...Peak Col. 10. Amethyst, Paterson, N. J. 11. Chalcedony, 12. Agate, polished, Brazil. Berks 13. Flint...Pa. Muscovite, (Mica) N. C. 25. Hornblende, Canada. 17 Mich. Selenite, Ellsworth, Ohio. ware
Catalog/List
Arizona - colorful bright blue masses with minor chalcedony - 1"-Sc, lxl-lOc, lx2-20c, 2x2-40c, 2x3-75c,...lxl.5-50<;:, $5.00/lb. FERRIERITE_- Kamloops Lake, British Columbia - small :e::::pearly white to reddish...reddish brown radiating Xne. groups on chalcedony - about l"-35<;:,50<;:, lxl-75<;:, lxl.5$1.00, lx2-$1.50...3x4-$1.50, 4x6-$2 .50, 80c/lb. E3J STIBNITE - Lake George, New Brunswick - bright blue-gray metal lic...lx2-35C, 2x2-50C, 2x3-$1.00, $1.00/lb. STIBNITE - Lake George, New Brunswick - gray Xne. masses with some
 
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