| Lat / long: | 49.32955, -120.46399 |
| Primary: | Copper, Gold, Silver, Platinum |
| Ore: | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Sperrylite |
| Gangue: | Biotite, Fluorite, Magnetite, Scapolite |
| Discovery year: | 1884 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Production years: | 1900-1923 (SPORADIC); 1925-1930; 1937-1957; 1989-PRESENT (5/92) |
| First production started: | 1900 |
| Host rock: | Nicola Group;Nicola Group;Nicola Group;Nicola Group;Nicola Group |
| Host type: | Basalt |
| Associated rock: | Copper Mountain Stock;Lost Horse Complex;Copper Mountain Stock;Copper Mountain Stock;Copper Mountain Stock;Lost Horse Complex |
| Associated 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 |
| Alteration processes: | Potassic Alteration, Propylitic Alteration. See Geology Comments. |
| MRDS | M046163 |
| DEP | 10038736 |
| Reference | {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.} |
| Reporter | Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Blair, Will N. |