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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  24-Feb-1988 by Derek A. Brown (DAB)

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Name SLOCAN CHIEF (L.3896), SNOWSTORM, KOKANEE QUEEN Mining Division Slocan
BCGS Map 082F075
Status Past Producer NTS Map 082F14E
Latitude 049º 46' 01'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 117º 10' 56'' Northing 5512735
Easting 486878
Commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
I01 : Au-quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Slocan Chief is located in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. Slocan Chief mineralization occurs along a structure that also hosts the Smuggler (082FNW120), and Molly Gibson (082FNW121) deposits. Mineralization exhibits characteristic manganese oxide weathering. The quartz veins are vuggy with some chalcedonic quartz. An altered zone less than 3 metres wide with limonitic fractures contains the mineralized quartz veins. Arsenopyrite is characteristic to mineralization along this structure. A sample taken in 1987, assayed 1900 grams per tonne silver, 0.54 grams per tonne gold, 0.0492 per cent copper, 2.66 per cent lead and 4.75 per cent zinc.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1928-307; 1930-257
EMPR BC METAL MM01409
EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 31-48, 535-541
EMPR INDEX 3-214
EMPR OF 1988-11
EMPR P 1989-5, p. 19
GSC MAP 272A; 1091A
GSC MEM 184, p. 247; 308, p. 149
EMPR PFD 2329

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