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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  11-Jan-2000 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI
Name NOBLE 3 Mining Division Slocan
BCGS Map 082F076
Status Showing NTS Map 082F10W
Latitude 049º 43' 43'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 116º 55' 34'' Northing 5508460
Easting 505325
Commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Slide Mountain
Capsule Geology

The Noble 3 showings occur in hornblende schist of the Permo-Triassic Kaslo Group. A quartz vein striking 300 degrees and dipping steeply south contains coarse galena, sphalerite and pyrite locally in well-formed cavities between quartz crystals. The vein has been traced for "several hundred feet" and is less than 30 metres thick.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1895-682, 1897-573
EMPR BULL 53, p. 103
EMPR ASS RPT 8240, 8992
EMPR PFD 674441

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