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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 LEFROY, BENJAMIN LEFROY Mining Division Vernon
BCGS Map 082L013
Status Past Producer NTS Map 082L03W
Latitude 050º 11' 47'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 119º 25' 20'' Northing 5563275
Easting 327124
Commodities Granite, Dimension Stone, Building Stone Deposit Types R03 : Dimension stone - granite
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Plutonic Rocks, Harper Ranch
Capsule Geology

The Lefroy showing is located 13 kilometres southwest of Vernon, on the east shore of Okanagan Lake.

In this area, Devonian to Triassic sediments of the Harper Ranch Group are intruded by Middle Jurassic granitic rocks of the informally named Terrace Creek batholith. These are intruded by granites and hypabyssal equivalents of the Eocene Coryell Intrusions. Patches of Kamloops Group volcanic rocks overlie the older rocks.

The granite was quarried for industrial use. It has a dull, light reddish colour, is medium to coarse-grained, containing pink orthoclase feldspar crystals up to 8 millimetres in length. Quartz is less abundant than feldspar. Plagioclase, biotite and a few grains of olivine are also reported. The quarry is 15 metres long with a face up to 6 metres high. The stone has good rift and grain and is practically devoid of knots or flaws. The rock is jointed but was able to supply fair-sized stone for building purposes.

From 1910 to 1912 about 200 cubic metres were quarried for building purposes and for monument bases by the Vernon Granite and Marble Works.

Bibliography
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, 1712A
GSC MEM *296, p. 160
GSC OF 637 (Map C), 736, 2167
GSC P 89-1E pp. 51-60
GSC SUM RPT *1931A, Figure 7, p. 98
CANMET RPT *452, pp. 67-68; *846, p. 172

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