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File Created: 26-Mar-1987 by Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:  31-Mar-1993 by Discovery Consultants (DISC)

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NMI
Name BALD Mining Division Vernon
BCGS Map 082L003
Status Showing NTS Map 082L04E
Latitude 050º 03' 52'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 119º 31' 44'' Northing 5548859
Easting 319015
Commodities Uranium Deposit Types B07 : Bog Fe, Mn, U, Cu, Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Overlap Assemblage, Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The Bald showing is located 20 kilometres north of Kelowna; about 2 kilometres west of Okanagan Lake.

In this area, Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Nicola Group sedimentary and volcanic rocks have been intruded by Middle Jurassic granitic rocks of the informally named Terrace Creek batholith. Outliers of Eocene Penticton Group volcanic and sedimentary rocks overlie the older units.

A Recent organic bog, overlying Middle Jurassic quartz monzonite, hosts uranium mineralization. A 1.4 metre sample of homogeneous black organic muck with cedar wood fibre and roots assayed 0.035 per cent uranium, with 0.3 metre of 0.125 per cent uranium (Assessment Report 7973).

In 1978-79, Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. carried out geological mapping, soil geochemistry, a radiometric survey and trenching.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 7332, *7973
EMPR EXPL 1978-91; 1979-99
EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 55-58; 1988, pp. 355-363
EMPR MAP 37, 5207G, 7216G
EMPR OF 1989-5, 1990-30, 1990-32 p. 20
EMPR PF (In 082LSW General - Claim Map, 1966)
EMPR RGS 1976
GSC MEM 296
GSC OF 637, 736, 2167
GSC P 89-1E pp. 51-60

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