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Cache Creek agate beds
Agate beach or gravel Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Agates and jasperPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Teerui (Public domain).
Why this spot
Agate and jasper weathering out of Tertiary volcanics in the dry benchlands around the Bonaparte and Thompson valleys, a staple of BC rockhound guidebooks
Long listed in BC rockhounding guidebooks and club field-trip schedules.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
rattlesnakes, summer heat, cactus
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.