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The North Star Silver Property is situated in the historic Slocan Silver mining camp, and is located 1.5 kilometres east of
Slocan Lake and approximately 4 kilomtres south of the village of Silverton. It covers almost 1,850 acres, and encompasses 3
past-producing mines; the Metallic, Noonday, and Buster.
The Metallic mine () is located on the north side of Hasty Creek. The ground surrounding the Metallic consists of the former Metallic claim group, composed of the Metallic, Midnight, Mary Florence and North Star claims. Government records document that past-production yielded an average of 2101 g/t silver, 0.40 g/t gold, 11% lead and 9.9 % zinc.
The nearby Noonday mine () is situated on reverted crown grants west of Hasty Creek, where past-production yielded an average of 2655 g/t silver, 0.16 g/t gold, 18% lead, 2.4% zinc. The Buster mine () is located one mile north of the Noonday, and has yielded an average of 1182 g/t silver, 15.5 g/t gold, 8.65% zinc and 7.5% lead.
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