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  2. Dallasite - Wikipedia

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    Dallasite is found in Triassic volcanic rocks of Vancouver Island and is considered the third most important gem material in British Columbia. [3]

  3. Chrysanthemum stone - Wikipedia

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    Vancouver Island in British Columbia Canada, is a well known place to find Flower Stone, mainly on the east coast. It was once commercially mined on Texada island which is off the east coast of Vancouver Island, but there is now a moratorium on mining there, although rock hounds may still hand pick it.

  4. List of mines in British Columbia - Wikipedia

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    Moresby Island: 1908–1987 Magnetite lode discovered by Haida people in the late 18th century [58] Tulsequah Chief Mine: Zn, Cu, Pb, Ag, Au, Cd: N/A Taku River: Redfern Resources Ltd. 1925– [59] [60] Tyee Mine: North Cowichan: Vancouver Island: Tyee Copper Co.

  5. Mining on Vancouver Island - Wikipedia

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    Mining on Vancouver Island has taken place since the arrival of the Europeans in the 18th century. Vancouver Island, off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, has considerable deposits of minerals, notably coal and copper. In the late 19th century, the abundance of copper led to a large industry, with many entrepreneurs trying to get a large ...

  6. British Columbia gold rushes - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] The Muchalaht, the Nuu-chah-nulth group in the area of the community of Gold River, on Vancouver Island, which is a community at the end of a fjord that drains the west coast of Vancouver Island, tell a story of Spanish arriving then burning the valley searching for gold. Prospectors searching the valley have found old crude ...

  7. Ever gone rockhounding near the Tri-Cities area? You can find ...

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    Washington state is a hotbed for minerals, gemstones, crystals and fossils, making the Evergreen state a popular site for rockhounding. Whether in an official group or going solo, rockhounding is ...

  8. Leechtown, British Columbia - Wikipedia

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    Leechtown is at the confluence [1] of the Leech River [2] into the Sooke River [3] in southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The ghost town , off BC Highway 1 is about 59 kilometres (37 mi) by road northwest of Victoria .

  9. Fraser Canyon Gold Rush - Wikipedia

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    When news of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush reached London, Richard Clement Moody was hand-picked by the Colonial Office, under Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, to establish British order and to transform British Columbia into the British Empire's "bulwark in the farthest west" [4] and "found a second England on the shores of the Pacific."

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