MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082LSW044

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	ZION, ZION MOUNTAIN, HOMESTAKE (L. 1690), NO. 1-4	Mining Division	Vernon
		BCGS Map	082L013
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082L04E
Latitude	050º 08' 24''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	119º 34' 52''	Northing	5557387
		Easting	315568
Commodities	Gold	Deposit Types	I01 : Au-quartz veins
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Harper Ranch

Capsule Geology

The Zion showing is located 26 kilometres west-southwest of Vernon, adjacent to Shorts Creek.

In this area, Middle Jurassic granitic rocks intrude sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Devonian to Triassic Harper Ranch Group. Eocene Penticton Group volcanic and sedimentary rocks occur nearby, overlying the older units.

A quartz vein, 0.4 metre thick, in Harper Ranch volcanic rocks carries free gold. Reported values range from 3 to 8 ($2-$5) grams per tonne gold (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1907, page 128).

By 1907, 50 metres of tunnels had been developed to explore the vein.


Bibliography	EMPR AR *1907-128 EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 55-58; 1988, pp. 355-363 EMPR MAP 37, 5207G, 7216G EMPR OF 1989-5, 1990-30 EMPR PF (In 082LSW General - Claim Map, 1966) EMPR RGS 1976 GSC MAP 1059A, 1712A GSC MEM 296 p. 151 GSC OF 637 (Map C), 736, 2167 GSC P 89-1E pp. 51-60 GSC SUM RPT 1931A, p. 79