MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082LSW113

File Created:	31-Mar-1993	by	Discovery Consultants (DISC)
Last Edit:	16-Jul-1993	by	Discovery Consultants (DISC)

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		NMI
Name	OYAMA SHALE	Mining Division	Vernon
		BCGS Map	082L004
Status	Past Producer	NTS Map	082L03W
Latitude	050º 05' 59''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	119º 23' 52''	Northing	5552472
		Easting	328523
Commodities	Granite, Dimension Stone, Building Stone	Deposit Types	R03 : Dimension stone - granite
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Plutonic Rocks

Capsule Geology

The Oyama Shale showing is located 20 kilometres southwest of Vernon, west of the north end of Wood Lake.

In this area, Devonian to Triassic sediments of the Harper Ranch Group are intruded by Middle Jurassic granitic rocks. These are intruded by granite and hypabyssal equivalents of the Eocene Coryell Intrusions. Patches of Eocene Penticton Group volcanic rocks overlie the older rocks.

Intensely fractured Coryell granite in a talus slide has been quarried for industrial use (Personal Communication - Discovery Consultants, 1993).


Bibliography	EMPR FIELDWORK 1982, pp. 33-36; 1987, pp. 55-58; 1988, pp. 355-363 EMPR OF 1989-5, 1990-30 EMPR MAP 7216G, 8512G EMPR PF (In 082LSW General - Claim Map, 1966) EMPR RGS 1976 GSC MAP 46-7, 48-4A, 1712A GSC MEM 296 GSC OF 637 (Map C), 736, 2167 GSC P 89-1E pp. 51-60