| Location: | British Columbia, Canada, North America |
| Lat / long: | 49.32955, -120.46399 |
| dep_id: | 10038736 |
| mrds_id: | M046163 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper, Gold, Silver, Platinum |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Sperrylite |
| gangue: | Biotite, Fluorite, Magnetite, Scapolite |
| model: | 53: Porphyry Cu |
| alteration: | Potassic Alteration, Propylitic Alteration. See Geology Comments. |
| conc_proc: | Primary Sulfide Mineralization Extends To The Present Surface And Oxidation Is Limited To The Upper 15 Meters Of Fault And Fracture Zones. No Secondary Enrichment Has Taken Place Since Pleistocene Glaciation. |
| ore_ctrl: | Fine Grained Bedded Tuffs Are The Most Favorable Host Rock Because Of Their Propensity For Brittle Fracture. The Lost Horse Intrusive Is Considered To Have Been More Important In Localizing The Orebodies Than The Copper Mountain Stock. |
| Reporter: | Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Blair, Will N. |
| hrock_unit: | Nicola Group;Nicola Group;Nicola Group;Nicola Group;Nicola Group |
| hrock_type: | Basalt |
| arock_unit: | Copper Mountain Stock;Lost Horse Complex;Copper Mountain Stock;Copper Mountain Stock;Copper Mountain Stock;Lost Horse Complex |
| arock_type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | North-Trending High Angle Faults Form An Ancient Long-Lived Rift System, The Nicola Basin, That Extends From The U.S. Border To At Least 160 Km North., Copper Mountain Is Dominated By Strong Easterly And Northwesterly Faulting. Folding Is Minor And Units Are Mostly Flat Lying Or Very Gently Dipping. |
| tectonic: | Back Arc Basin |
| Year first produced: | 1900 |
| disc_yr: | 1884 |
| prod_yrs: | 1900-1923 (SPORADIC); 1925-1930; 1937-1957; 1989-PRESENT (5/92) |
| discr: | Mr. Jameson, A Trapper. |
| References: |
- Deposit:: FAHRNI, K.C., ET AL, 1976, COPPER MOUNTAIN AND INGERBELLE, IN BROWN, A., ED., PORPHYRY DEPOSITS OF THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA, CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, SPECIAL VOLUME 15, P. 368-375.
- Deposit:: GEORGE CROSS NEWSLETTER, 8/1/90.
- Deposit:: BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES BULLETIN 59.
- Deposit:: *EILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PLATINUM DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 103.
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