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MINFILE No  082FNW141
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  28-Feb-1988 by Derek A. Brown (DAB)

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Name MARMION (L.4975), MARYLAND (L.4976) Mining Division Slocan
BCGS Map 082F074
Status Past Producer NTS Map 082F11W, 082F14W
Latitude 049º 45' 09'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 117º 18' 05'' Northing 5511157
Easting 478290
Commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc Deposit Types I01 : Au-quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

Narrow mineralized quartz vein 2.5 to 20 centimetres wide, in porphyritic granite of the Nelson Plutonic rocks contains gold, silver, lead, and zinc. Gold and silver ores were produced for a short period (1938-1940 and 1973). A grab sample of vein material assayed 104 grams per tonne silver, 64.4 grams per tonne gold, 0.28 per cent lead and 0.18 per cent zinc (Open File 1988-11).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1909-276; 1938-A37; 1939-40; 1941-27,63
EMPR BC METAL MM01294
EMPR BULL 7, p. 3
EMPR FIELDWORK 1987, pp. 31-48,535-541
EMPR GEM 1973-73
EMPR INDEX 3-205
EMPR OF 1988-11
EMPR P 1989-5
GSC MAP 1091A
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