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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  31-Mar-1993 by Discovery Consultants (DISC)

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Name ROYAL AND PEERLESS, ROYAL, PEERLESS Mining Division Vernon
BCGS Map 082L034
Status Prospect NTS Map 082L06W
Latitude 050º 18' 06'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 119º 17' 20'' Northing 5574678
Easting 336999
Commodities Silver, Zinc, Lead Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Royal and Peerless showings are located 4 kilometres north- northwest of Vernon, between Swan and Okanagan Lakes.

In this area, west of the Okanagan Valley fault zone, volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Devonian to Triassic Harper Ranch Group are unconformably overlain by Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Nicola Group sedimentary and volcanic rocks. These units are intruded by Middle Jurassic granitic rocks informally named the Terrace Creek batholith. Patches of Eocene Penticton Group volcanic rocks overlie the older rocks.

A quartz vein in Nicola volcanic rocks hosts silver, zinc and lead mineralization. The vein carries disseminations of sphalerite and galena.

In 1942 and 1952, 2 shipments totalling 5 tonnes (4 from the Royal and 1 from the Peerless) produced 2,829 grams of silver, 89 kilograms of lead and 278 kilograms of zinc.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1942-26; 1952-41
EMPR ASS RPT 4960
EMPR BC METAL MM00437, MM00438
EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 55-58; 1988, pp. 355-363
EMPR INDEX 3-208, 211
EMPR MAP 7216G, 8513G
EMPR OF 1989-5, 1990-30
EMPR PF (In 082LSW General - Claim Map, 1966)
EMPR RGS 1976
GSC MEM 296
GSC OF 637 (Map C), 736, 2167
GSC P 89-1E pp. 51-60

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