Mine detail: H. B. Mine

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Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 49.1367, -117.2443
dep_id: 10073058
mrds_id: W018866
mas_id: 1220100017
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral: Gold, Silver, Cadmium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Hemimorphite, Sphalerite
gangue: Dolomite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm: STEEPLY DIPPING STRINGERS OR FLAT - LYING IN BRECCIA ZONES
work_type: Underground
alteration: Dolomitization, Silicification And Tremolite To Talc
ore_ctrl: Possibly A Large Thrust Fault Which Is Very Close To The Mine. Also, Favorable Host Rock Structure & Lithology
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G., Porter, Kenneth E.
hrock_unit: Reeves Limestone (Lower Liab Group)
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Kootenay Arc., Diabase Dikes. Host Rock Is Tightly Folded At The Mine Forming A Syncline, Both Limbs Dipping 50 - 75 Deg E.
tectonic: Coroilleran Region, Kootenay Arc
Year first produced: 1912
disc_yr: 1907
discr: Horton And Benson
References:
  • Deposit:: WARNING, G. F., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE H. B. MINE; CAN. INST. MINING AND METALLURGY TR. V. 63 P. 520 - 23.
  • Deposit:: FYLES, J. T. AND HEWLETT, C. G., 1959, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE SALMO LEAD - ZINC AREA; B. C. DEPT. MINES BULL 41, 162 P.
  • Deposit:: 1973, GEOLOGY, EXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA; B. C. DEPT. MINES AND PET. RESOURCES, P. 22, 57
  • Deposit:: 1946 DIREXPL COMINCO - EXTENSIVE ORE FOUN
  • Deposit:: Cominco Ltd. Staff, 1974, The H.B. Mine; in Mineral industries in Western Canada, The Tenth Commomweath Mining and Metallurgical Congress - Sept. 2-28, 1974, Section VI, Article F, P. 1-10.
  • Deposit:: Irvine, W.T., 1957, Structural geology of Canadian ore deposits, Vol. II, p. 124-132.
  • Production:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOKS, VARIOUS YEARS. GEOL. EXPLORATION AND MINING IN B. C., 1973, P. 22
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