MINFILE Mineral Inventory

MINFILE Record Summary

MINFILE No 082ENW032

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	15-Jan-1996	by	Jay W. Page (JWP)

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		NMI
Name	HITCHENER RANCH	Mining Division	Osoyoos
		BCGS Map	082E082
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082E13E
Latitude	049º 50' 27''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	119º 40' 20''	Northing	5524359
		Easting	307870
Commodities	Diatomite	Deposit Types	F06 : Lacustrine diatomite
Tectonic Belt	Intermontane	Terrane	Overlap Assemblage

Capsule Geology

The HITCHENER RANCH showing is located approximately 3 kilometres northwest of Westbank in the Glenrosa area.

The showing is described as a swamp deposit of nearly pure diatomite (Geological Survey of Canada Map 539A). It is underlain by and probably associated with the Eocene White Lake Formation, which consists of a thin-bedded clayey siltstone interbedded with volcanic breccia and pyroclastic rocks.


Bibliography	EMPR OF 1988-13; 1994-8 EMPR MAP 39 EMPR RGS 29 GSC MAP 538A; 539A; 15-1961; 1701A; 1712A; 1713A; 1714A; 1736A; 7686G; 8522G GSC OF 409; 637; 736; 1969 GSC P 37-21, p. 49 EMPR PFD 842318, 842320, 671379