The Metallic occurrence is located at about 838 metres elevation on the north side of Hasty Creek, 1.75 kilometres south of Silverton, British Columbia. Presently, the Metallic occurrence is located on the Freddy Reverted Crown grant (Lot 4025).
The ground covering the Metallic occurrence consisted of the former Metallic claim group, composed of the Metallic, Midnight, Mary Florence and North Star claims. The Midnight claim, Crown granted in 1900, was subsequently reverted back to the Crown and incorporated into the Metallic claim group. A drift was run for 49 metres on the Midnight claim in 1918. Under option to Galena Farms Consolidated Mines Ltd. in 1929, 61 metres of crosscutting and drifting were done on the No. 2 level. The results were disappointing and the option was dropped. Other lessees worked the property in 1935, 1938 and 1940. The property was owned by MacAulay Bro. in 1948. Under lease to R.S. White, a raise was constructed at about 107 metres from the portal of the lower adit. In 1950, an option was granted to Van Roi Consolidated Mines Ltd. but no work was done. Workings consist of about 183 metres in a lower adit and 107 metres in an upper adit, 20 vertical metres above. The two levels are connected by a raise. Four stopes were developed in the lower adit; of these the three nearest the portal were mined.
Hostrock of the Metallic occurrence are massive argillite of the Triassic Slocan Group. These metasediments form part of a large roof pendant in coarse-grained granite of the Middle Jurassic Nelson batholith. Narrow micaceous dikes intrude argillites.
The occurrence consists of a vein-fissure zone composed of quartz and calcite cementing brecciated argillite wallrock. The fissure width varies from a few centimetres to about 3 metres. The fissure strikes from 280 to 060 degrees, the average strike 075 degrees. The dip varies from 35 to 50 degrees north. Persistent veins, 10 to 13 centimetres wide, occurring as streaks, bunches and elongate lenses are found beneath a heavy hangingwall gouge. The vein walls are sharply defined. To the east the vein is terminated against a wide fault zone that dips gently east.
Mineralization occurs as seams up to 15.24 centimetres wide composed of massive sphalerite with disseminated galena. Elsewhere disseminated sphalerite, galena with pyrargyrite and tetrahedrite comprised vein mineralogy. Some pyrite and chalcopyrite are also present.
Production records indicate 234 tonnes was mined periodically between 1909 and 1950. This yielded 491,737 grams of silver, 93 grams of gold, 25,825 kilograms of lead and 23,249 kilograms of zinc.
