Mine detail: H. B. Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

49.1367, -117.2443

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Gold, Silver, Cadmium
Ore:	Galena, Hemimorphite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Dolomite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	STEEPLY DIPPING STRINGERS OR FLAT - LYING IN BRECCIA ZONES
Discovery year:	1907

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1912

Geology

Host rock:	Reeves Limestone (Lower Liab Group)
Host 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
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization, Silicification And Tremolite To Talc

References

MRDS	W018866
MAS	1220100017
DEP	10073058
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Porter, Kenneth E.