MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 082LSW037

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

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		NMI
Name	BACHELOR, BACHELOR NO.1, BACHELOR NO.2, BATCHELOR	Mining Division	Vernon
		BCGS Map	082L024
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082L03W
Latitude	050º 13' 12''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	119º 22' 12''	Northing	5565780
		Easting	330934
Commodities	Gold, Copper	Deposit Types	I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Plutonic Rocks, Harper Ranch

Capsule Geology

The Bachelor showing is located 8 kilometres southwest of Vernon, east of Okanagan Lake.

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. Granitic Coryell rocks of Eocene age intrude these rocks and patches of Eocene Penticton Group volcanic rocks overlie the older rocks.

A quartz vein in Middle Jurassic quartz diorite hosts gold and copper mineralization. The 1.1 to 2.4-metre thick vein carries pyrite, chalcopyrite and native gold. Selected surface samples assayed up to 800 grams per tonne gold ($480) while more representative samples taken at depth assayed 35 grams per tonne ($22) (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1896).

By 1899, exploration included the sinking of 2 shafts, totalling 12 metres, and 17 metres of tunnels.


Bibliography	EMPR AR 1896-579; 1899-747; 1934-D34 EMPR FIELDWORK 1982, pp. 33-36; 1987, pp. 55-58; 1988, pp. 355-363 EMPR MAP 7216G, 8512G EMPR OF 1989-5, 1990-30 EMPR PF (In 082LSW General - Claim Map, 1966) EMPR RGS 1976 GSC MAP 46-7, 48-4A, 1059A, 1712A GSC MEM 296, p. 141 GSC OF 637 (Map C), 736, 2167 GSC P 89-1E pp. 51-60 GSC SUM RPT *1931A, p. 75