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Vernon BC

Klinker opal fee dig (Okanagan Opal)

Opal field Source-confirmed findsLicence or permit
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

OpalOpal
Agates and jasperAgates and jasper

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dpulitzer (CC BY-SA 4.0), Teerui (Public domain).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Canada's only precious opal fee dig, volcanic-hosted opal discovered at the Klinker prospect in 1991

Common and precious opal finds by paying diggers documented by the operator and independent 2023-2025 trip reports

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

20 km of rough logging road at 1500 m elevationSun exposure, no services

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