MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082LSW089

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	LAKESIDE	Mining Division	Vernon
		BCGS Map	082L024
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	082L03W
Latitude	050º 14' 01''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	119º 21' 42''	Northing	5567274
		Easting	331576
Commodities	Clay	Deposit Types	B06 : Fireclay E07 : Sedimentary kaolin
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Overlap Assemblage, Harper Ranch

Capsule Geology

The Lakeside showing is located 7 kilometre west-southwest of Vernon at Okanagan Landing.

In this area, west of the Okanagan Valley fault zone, sedimentary rocks of the Devonian to Triassic Harper Ranch Group are in probable unconformable contact with Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Nicola Group sedimentary and volcanic rocks. Middle Jurassic granitic rocks of the informally named Terrace Creek batholith intrude older rocks. Outliers of Eocene Penticton Group volcanic rocks are present. Much of the valley floor is covered by thick Quaternary sediments.

Quaternary glacio-lacustrine beds host a clay deposit quarried for industrial use. In 1920, some good quality tile was produced from the clay.


Bibliography	EMPR AR 1920-169 EMPR BULL 30, p. 12, 51 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 MEM 296, pp. 158-159 GSC OF 637 (Map C), 736, 2167 GSC P 89-1E pp. 51-60 GSC SUM RPT *1931A, pp. 99-100