Mine detail: Alvic Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

48.95314, -121.6618

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	VEINLETS
Discovery year:	1962

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Chilliwack Formation;Chilliwack Formation
Host type:	Dacite
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:	Argillite Is Greatly Sheared And Altered

References

MRDS	M700405
DEP	10048010
Reference	{Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 78-79.}{Deposit:: TABOR, R.W., HAUGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BROWN, E.B., 199X, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 9X-XXX, SCALE 1:100,000 (IN PREPARATION IN 1993).}
Reporter	Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ), Peterson, Jocelyn A.