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Several 1 or 2 cell claims available, 40 acres and up with river frontage. From Minfile 092C044. The Sombrio Placers, on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island near Sombrio Point, occur in a fairly level coastal area composed of sand, gravel and clay from 60 to 120m in depth. These gold placers are apparently the remains of a glacial delta deposited by glacial and postglacial rivers that drained southwestward through the Leech River valley. The east side of the delta is cut by Loss Creek, and the west side, up to 3 km away, by the Sombrio River. The Leech River fault stretches from west of Victoria westward along the Leech River and Loss Creek valleys to the coast near Sombrio Point. The gold is thought to have been derived from quartz veins and stringers known to occur in slate of the Leech River Complex. The Spaniards first identified gold in the area in 1792.
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