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Geological survey notes rich mineral belt in Upper Similkameen region
Field notes describe a northerly extending belt of light colored granite with surrounding metamorphic schists and peridotite in the Upper Similkameen. The report details contacts among granite, peridotite, pyroxenite, and volcanic rocks, with placers and lodes yielding gold, silver, copper, and platinum and prospecting activity reviving in the Coldwater and Champion Creek areas.
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Luhuneen
Champion Creek
Bear Creek
Coldwater
Coldver
Fish Lakes
Engle
Tidameen
Championreek
Bearereek
Tilameen
Contaut
Similkinee
Eagh
J. P. Kemp
Tuhuncen
Tulkueen
Eagle Creek
Chapion Creek
Coldwater River
Talamoen River