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File Created: 23-Nov-1995 by Jay W. Page (JWP)
Last Edit:  11-Aug-2021 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name SHEAR Mining Division Vernon
BCGS Map 082E093
Status Showing NTS Map 082E13E
Latitude 049º 59' 36'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 119º 34' 11'' Northing 5541054
Easting 315821
Commodities Silver, Lead Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Plutonic Rocks, Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Shear occurrence is located near the northwest bank of Bald Range Creek, approximately 6 kilometres west of Wilson Landing.

The area is underlain by a large pendant of metasedimentary rocks of the Devonian to Triassic Harper Ranch Group which are intruded by hornblende diorite and quartz diorite of the Middle Jurassic Okanagan Batholith and are overlain by undivided volcanic rocks of the Eocene Penticton Group and basaltic volcanic rocks of the Pleistocene to Holocene Lambly Creek Formation.

Locally, an andesite hosts a quartz stockwork zone containing pyrite and minor amounts of galena. The zone strikes 023 degrees and dips 46 degrees north. A second zone of quartz veining is reported in a gully approximately 600 metres northwest of the first zone.

Work History

In 1978, Mountain Minerals Co. Ltd. completed a program of geological mapping, geochemical (water and soil) sampling and a 30.0 line-kilometre scintillometer survey on the area as the Active claims. This work was centered on potential uranium exploration in the area.

In 1985, N.C. Lenard completed a program of prospecting and geochemical (rock and soil) sampling on the area as the Shear 1-7 claims. A grab sample of the rusty weathering quartz stockwork from the east edge of the zone assayed 18.5 grams silver per tonne (Assessment Report 14784). A further program of geological mapping was completed in 1987.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 6734, *14784, 16094
EMPR MAP 39
EMPR OF 1994-8
EMPR RGS 29
GSC MAP 538A; 15-1961; 1701A; 1712A; 1713A; 1714A; 1736A; 7686G; 8522G
GSC OF 409; 637; 736; 1969

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