Hat Creek Valley Jasper /
Jasper Agate
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Hat Creek Valley Jasper is shades of brown
and commonly has bluish translucent chalcedony present.
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Hat Valley Jasper primarily occurs around Hat Creek Valley with
primary quarries being east of Mount Martley and Marble Canyon, British
Columbia and along a the ridge northeast of Upper Hat Creek Village.
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