Chalco Creek

British Columbia. Creek: Fraser River drainage
Flows S into Holmes River, S of Mount Pauline
53.3431 N 119.9378 W — Map 083E05 — GoogleGeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1927
Official in BCCanada

Chalco is from the Greek word for copper. The copper-bearing mineral chalcopyrite (or perhaps chalcocite) appears near the head of this creek.

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