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File Created: 26-Dec-1995 by Keith J. Mountjoy (KJM)
Last Edit:  26-Dec-1995 by Keith J. Mountjoy (KJM)

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NMI
Name MEGAN, MERIT, MERIT CENTRE, KATE, RICH, FAMOUS FR. Mining Division Slocan
BCGS Map 082K004
Status Showing NTS Map 082K03E
Latitude 050º 01' 47'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 117º 14' 34'' Northing 5541964
Easting 482612
Commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The Megan showing is located along the southwestern spur of London Ridge at 1310 metres elevation. New Denver, British Columbia is located 10 kilometres to the southwest.

Rocks exposed within the Megan claim and surrounding area include argillite, phyllite, quartzite and limestone of the Triassic Slocan Group. Argillite is the dominant hostrock at the Megan showing. These strata strike northwest or west and dips vary from shallowly south to moderately west or south. Fractures strike northwest to north-northwest. Granite dikes and sills are also common throughout the area.

The Megan showing consists of mineralized quartz veins hosted in fractures within a granite dike; it has been explored by an old adit. Patches, blebs and disseminations of galena, pyrite and trace chalcopyrite comprise the mineralogy. Vein widths varied from 50 to 100 centimetres.

Several samples were taken in the old adit. The best of these samples, 16m, yielded 166.3 grams per tonne silver, 7.23 per cent lead and 0.17 per cent zinc across 50 centimetres (Assessment Report 13985). Others samples yielded much lower values.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *13985, 15552, 16472
GSC MAP 1667
GSC OF 432; 464

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