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

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NMI
Name DCK, MOUNT VERNON, VJ Mining Division Vernon
BCGS Map 082L025
Status Showing NTS Map 082L06E
Latitude 050º 17' 16'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 119º 09' 45'' Northing 5572865
Easting 345954
Commodities Copper Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Dck showing is located 8 kilometres east-northeast of Vernon, on the north side of Vernon Hill.

In this area, east of the Okanagan Valley fault, Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Nicola Group sedimentary and volcanic rocks unconformably overlie Devonian to Triassic sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Harper Ranch Group. These units are faulted over gneissic rocks of unknown age and metasedimentary rocks of the Proterozoic Silver Creek Formation. Middle Jurassic granitic rocks cut all of the above rocks. Outliers of Eocene Kamloops Group volcanic and sedimentary rocks cap the older units.

Metamorphosed volcanic rocks (chlorite schist) of the Nicola Group host copper mineralization. Disseminated pyrite and chalcopyrite occur in a trench and 130 metres to the east in volcanic rocks, probably associated with shearing. A 0.3-metre thick massive pyrite vein was also noted.

From 1968-1974, King Graybarr Mines Ltd. carried out trenching, geological mapping, airborne magnetometer and drilling programs. In 1975 Canadian Superior Exploration Ltd. conducted a program of geological mapping and drilling.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1968-223
EMPR ASS PRT 2000, 5003, 5432, *5830, 12097
EMPR EXPL 1975-E53; 1978-E95,96; 1983-146
EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 55-58; 1988, pp. 355-363
EMPR GEM 1969-298; 1971-432,433; 1972-80; 1973-101; 1974-90
EMPR MAP 7216G, 8513G
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 823394

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