MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082LSW141

File Created:	31-Mar-1993	by	Discovery Consultants (DISC)
Last Edit:	11-Jan-1994	by	Discovery Consultants (DISC)

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		NMI
Name	ESPERON 11	Mining Division	Vernon
		BCGS Map	082L002
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082L04E
Latitude	050º 03' 10''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	119º 44' 42''	Northing	5548109
		Easting	303502
Commodities	Molybdenum	Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Quesnel

Capsule Geology

The Esperon 11 showing is located 25 kilometres northwest of Kelowna, near the headwaters of Sandberg Creek.

In this area, Eocene quartz monzonite intrudes argillaceous and calcareous sediments of the Devonian to Triassic Harper Ranch Group. The stock is cut by plugs and dikes of diorite which are intruded by quartz monzonite and aplite dikes. The intrusive rocks are cut by Tertiary basalt dikes related to overlying volcanic rocks.

Harper Ranch Group limestone hosts trace amounts of molybdenite and pyrite.

In 1979-80, Cominco Ltd. carried out geological mapping, induced polarization and magnetometer surveys.


Bibliography	EMPR ASS RPT 7596, *7753, 8664 EMPR EXPL 1979-99,100; 1980-131 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 MEM 296 GSC OF 637, 736, 2167 GSC P 89-1E pp. 51-60 EMPR PFD 842330, 842331