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File Created: 02-Jan-1992 by Ron McMillan (RHM)
Last Edit:  11-Feb-1992 by Dorthe E. Jakobsen (DEJ)

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NMI
Name SHEDIN CREEK WEST Mining Division Omineca
BCGS Map 093M072
Status Showing NTS Map 093M12E
Latitude 055º 42' 31'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 127º 37' 20'' Northing 6174510
Easting 586571
Commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Bowser Lake
Capsule Geology

A silver-lead-zinc occurrence is shown on Geological Survey of Canada Open File 2322 as being located on the north side of the Babine River, approximately 1 kilometre west of Shedin Creek, 51 kilometres north of Hazelton.

The area is underlain by the Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Bowser Lake Group, which is composed predominantly of epiclastic sedimentary rocks and includes sandstone, shale, siltstone, argillite, conglomerate, coal and carbonaceous units.

The showing is documented as a vein or fracture-controlled occurrence. No other information is available.

Bibliography
GSC OF *2322 (#238)

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