Mine detail: Lornex

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Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 50.48316, -121.03459
dep_id: 10056492
mrds_id: TC00513
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Molybdenum
Trace mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
gangue: Anhydrite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Gypsum, Hematite, Magnetite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm: STRINGS, VEINS, AND FRACTURE FILLING
work_type: Surface
model: 79: Porphyry Cu-Mo
alteration: Argillic, Phyllic, Potassic, Silicic, Propylitic; Distinct Propylitic Zone On The E Side Of The Orebody
Reporter: Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Guichon Creek Batholith Iin The Intermontare Belt, Fracture Area At Contact Of Skeena Granodiorite With Bethsaida Quartz Monzonite
Year first produced: 1972
disc_yr: 1964
discr: Egil Lorentzen
References:
  • Deposit:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA
  • Production:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.
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