MINFILE Mineral Inventory

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MINFILE No 082KSW128

File Created:	24-Jul-1985	by	BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:	02-Oct-1995	by	Ron McMillan (RHM)

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		NMI
Name	BLUEBIRD	Mining Division	Slocan
		BCGS Map	082K022
Status	Showing	NTS Map	082K04W
Latitude	050º 13' 33''	UTM	11 (NAD 83)
Longitude	117º 46' 55''	Northing	5564033
		Easting	444224
Commodities	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	Deposit Types	I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt	Omineca	Terrane	Quesnel

Capsule Geology

The Bluebird showing is located about 2.5 kilometres southeast of Nakusp (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1927; GSC Open File 432).

The 1927 Annual Report states that a prospect tunnel was driven east for 88 metres on a faulted and "broken" quartz vein cutting "slate-schists". There is no information regarding the mineralogy of the vein other than "small pieces of ore have been encountered" (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1927). It is tabulated as number 239 in GSC Open File 464, where it is stated to contain silver, lead, zinc and copper.

GSC Bulletin 161 shows the area to be underlain by pelitic to silty phyllite and slate of the Triassic Slocan Group.


Bibliography	EMPR AR 1927-330 GSC BULL 161 GSC OF 288, #239; 432; 464, #239