Mine detail: Lornex

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

50.48316, -121.03459

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Tertiary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Gangue:	Anhydrite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Gypsum, Hematite, Magnetite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	STRINGS, VEINS, AND FRACTURE FILLING
Discovery year:	1964

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1972

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Guichon Creek Batholith Iin The Intermontare Belt, Fracture Area At Contact Of Skeena Granodiorite With Bethsaida Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:	Argillic, Phyllic, Potassic, Silicic, Propylitic; Distinct Propylitic Zone On The E Side Of The Orebody

References

MRDS	TC00513
DEP	10056492
Reference	{Deposit:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA}{Production:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.}
Reporter	Bolm, Karen S.