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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  22-Jul-1997 by B. Neil Church (BNC)

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Name ALICE S. (L.12068), PATERSON (L.12069) Mining Division Slocan
BCGS Map 082F074
Status Past Producer NTS Map 082F14W
Latitude 049º 46' 24'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 117º 21' 10'' Northing 5513489
Easting 474599
Commodities Silver, Lead Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Plutonic Rocks
Capsule Geology

The Alice S (Lot 12068) and Paterson (Lot 12069) Crown granted claims are located towards the head of Bettina Creek, 8 kilometres east of Slocan City. Access to the property from the Slocan highway is via the Springer and Bettina Creek roads.

The mine workings include four adits, a few small stopes, and one shallow shaft. These explore a quartz-carbonate vein in a fault zone to a depth of about 50 metres. The host rocks consist of coarse grained, porphyritic granite of the Nelson batholith.. The vein is well mineralized and strikes 095 degrees, dips 70 degrees south and varies in thickness from 0.6 to 1.5 metres. The chief vein minerals are quartz, siderite and some galena and sphalerite.

The only shipment on record was made in 1915 when 14.5 tonnes of ore yielded an average return of 2850 grams per tonne silver and 15 per cent lead.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1915-132,445; 1916-198; 1917-190,452
EMPR ASS RPT 10468
EMPR BC METAL MM01105
EMPR INDEX 3-187
EMPR P 1989-5
GSC MAP 272A, 1090A, 1091A
GSC MEM 184, p. 166; 308, p. 149
EMPR PFD 20426

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