| 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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