MINFILE 092HSW115 "Fraser Rockhound"
Firsthand · minfileGovernment mineral inventory record naming the bar specifically for rockhounding potential across the Agassiz, Cheam View and Hope reaches.
SourceCat. AGASSIZ-FRAS · Fraser Valley
49.2350, -121.7600A shifting gravel bar on the big brown river, named in the government mineral inventory for its rockhounding potential. Everything the Coast Mountains and Cascades shed ends up here eventually.
Fraser River gravels reworking Coast Mountains and Cascade bedrock. Nephrite and jasper cobbles ride downstream from the Bridge River and Lillooet sources over millennia and drop out where the current slows.
Hwy 7 pullouts near Agassiz. Walk the gravel bars at low water. No vehicle needed beyond roadside parking.
Bar geometry changes every freshet. Cold, fast water; never wade the main channel.
August to October, low water
MINFILE 092HSW115 "Fraser Rockhound"
Firsthand · minfileGovernment mineral inventory record naming the bar specifically for rockhounding potential across the Agassiz, Cheam View and Hope reaches.
SourceRockhounding the Fraser River
Secondhand · blogDescribes jasper, agate and jade through the Fraser gravel system, with the same material carried downstream into the valley reaches.
SourceWhat the road was doing, what came out of the gravel, and the stories that stick to this ground. Everything here is posted by visitors and reviewed before it appears. Lore is lore — we label it, we don't verify it.
Reading the ashes…