bedded quartzites and phyllites. In other parts the rock section is uniform, and the
veins, although irregular, are apt to persist for greater distances. It seems probable
that certain belts of rock and certain parts of the folded structures are the best
mineralized.

These deposits have some features in common with those of the Cariboo. The
pattern of the quartz veining is not the same, nor are the rocks identical; but there
appears to have been a general similarity of conditions in the formation of the veins.
Geological mapping is not complete, and it is impossible to make a direct correlation of
the rocks at Hobson Creek with those in the Cariboo, some 30 miles to the north-west.
The conditions known to exist in the Cariboo and Hobson Creek areas suggest that the
intervening ground is worth prospecting.

REFERENCES.

Davis, N. F. G. (1930): Clearwater Lake area—Geol. Surv., Ganada, Sum. Rept., 1929,
PteAR
HEDLEY, M.S. (1939): Azure River-Hobson Creek area—Minister of Mines, B.C., Ann.
Rept., 1938, Pt. D, pp. D 3-D 17.
MARSHALL, J. R. (1928): Clearwater Lake map-area—Geol. Surv., Canada, Sum. Rept.,
1927, Pt. A.
MAPS.

North Thompson Sheet, Map 383—B.C. Dept. of Lands and Forests, Victoria, 1942.
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