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File Created: 24-Jul-1985 by BC Geological Survey (BCGS)
Last Edit:  16-Dec-1999 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)

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NMI 082F15 Ag3
Name SILVER COIN Mining Division Slocan
BCGS Map 082F076
Status Past Producer NTS Map 082F15W
Latitude 049º 47' 54'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 116º 57' 58'' Northing 5516209
Easting 502439
Commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Quesnel
Capsule Geology

The country rocks are argillite, quartzites, limestone and schists of the Upper Triassic Slocan Group. Small quartz stringers 1 to 15 centimetres wide occur in a steep dipping fracture zone in calcareous black argillite. These stringers carry small amounts of galena, sphalerite, tetrahedrite and argentite.

The property is located on the north side of Woodbury Creek about 6.4 kilometres by road from the main highway. Development work has apparently been confined to two periods, the first from 1938-40, the last in 1946. This was carried out by a number of different owners and leasers. Four adits have been driven on the fracture zone. The two upper adits are about 15.2 metres vertically apart and mineralized stringers occur in both. In the two lower adits the fracture zone is barren.

In 4 years from 1938 to 1946, 29 tonnes of ore were mined. From this ore 142,980 grams of silver were produced, 3,225 kilograms of lead and 889 kilograms of zinc.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1938-A35, 1939-38, 1940-25,81, 1946-35,151
GSC MEM 228-79
EMR MRD RES FILE MC 167-S5-2
EMPR ASS RPT 11250
EMPR ASS RPT 11654
EMPR ASS RPT 12896
EMPR PFD 1693, 1703, 674441

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