The Nodaway occurrence is located 3.5 kilometres west of the summit of Mount Wallace and 1.5 kilometres south-southwest of Beaverdell, British Columbia (Assessment Report 16772).

Initial prospecting began in the Beaverdell area in the late 1880s. The first ore was shipped in 1896. The major producing mines in the Beaverdell silver-lead-zinc vein camp, from west to east, were the Wellington (082ESW072), Sally and Rob Roy (082ESW073), Beaver (082ESW040), and Bell (082ESW030), with numerous other small workings throughout the area. The Nodaway claim was first Crown granted to Victoria and Boundary Creek Development and Mining Co. Ltd in 1911. In 1922, the property was leased to J. Cunningham and associates, who developed 36.5 metres of drifts, 6.7 metres of crosscuts and 2.4 metres of winze. Six tonnes of ore were mined and shipped in the following year. In 1923, it as amalgamated with the Sally claim group, consisting of the Sally Fraction, Nodaway, Duncan, Excelsior, Sally, Kid Fraction, Highland Queen, Alice M. Fraction, Hard Times Fraction, Tunnel Fraction, Rob Roy, Pueblo Fraction and Castor Fraction. The claim was leased to Ludlow Ltd. By 1949, the property became part of the ground held by Highland-Bell Ltd., owner of the Highland-Bell (Beaverdell) mine. The Highland-Bell mine produced until 1991.

The Nodaway (Lot 2615) is 500 metres south of the Wellington mine (082ESW072) and Sally mine (082ESW073). The property is underlain by Westkettle granodiorite. A quartz vein occurs in a shear zone and is mineralized with galena, possible tetrahedrite, native silver and sphalerite. The vein varies from 20 to 30 centimetres in width. In 1922, a hand sample of ore assayed 11,897 grams per tonne silver, 25 per cent lead and 11 per cent zinc (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1922, page N173). A chip sample taken in 1987 of a surface vein during property exploration by Teck Corp. yielded 408.6 grams per tonne silver and 0.70 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 16771).

Six tonnes of 'silver-lead ore' were shipped in 1923 to the Trail smelter. A total of 22,425 grams of silver and 415 kilograms of lead were recovered.

For a detailed description of the geology and mineralization of the area refer to the Beaverdell (082ESW030).