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MINFILE No  082M 161
File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  20-Mar-2007 by Nicole Robinson (NR)

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Name SILVER SHIELD, SILVER BELL Mining Division Revelstoke
BCGS Map 082M049
Status Showing NTS Map 082M08W
Latitude 051º 27' 30'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 118º 15' 44'' Northing 5701551
Easting 412307
Commodities Lead, Zinc Deposit Types E14 : Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb-Ag
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Kootenay
Capsule Geology

The area is underlain by quartzites, phyllites and schists of the probable Lower Paleozoic Lardeau Group and inliers of Badshot limestone. Showings of lead-zinc ore were reported by Gunning (1929).

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1900-809
EMPR BULL 71
EMPR EXPL 1982-117
EMPR PF (Geological Report and Maps on Various Claim Groups - Stairs Exploration and Mining Co. Ltd., May 15 to Sept 15, 1964)
GSC MAP 12-1964; 237A
GSC OF 637
GSC SUM RPT 1928, part A, p. 189
EMPR PFD 5030, 5031, 5032, 5033, 5034, 5035, 5036, 5037, 5038, 5039, 5040
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