Mine detail: Sullivan Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 49.71654, -116.00106

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Palladium, Cadmium, Tin, Antimony, Platinum
Ore: Boulangerite, Cassiterite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Clinozoisite, Garnet, Muscovite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Orebody form: TABULAR, LENSE
Discovery year: 1892

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1900

Geology

Host rock:Aldridge Formation Quartzite, Arg. Quartzite, Siltstone
Host type:Siltstone
Associated rock:Purcell Intrusives-Diorite, Granophyric
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Kimberly Fault, Kootenay Arc, Purcell Anticlinorium (East Side), Sullivan Anticline And A Well Developed Set Of Faults (Sullivan Type)
Tectonic:Purcell Mtns. Foothills, Cordilleran Region
Alteration processes:Tourmalinization, Chloritization, Albitization

References

MRDSW018870
DEP10073061
Reference{Deposit:: SWANSON, C. O., 1950, THE SULLIVAN MINE, KIMBERLEY, B. C.; IN 18TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, SYMP. ON PB - ZN, P. 36 - 41}{Deposit:: BOSTOCK, H. S., MULLIGAN, R., DOUGLAS, R. J. W., 1957, THE CORDIUERAN REGION; IN STOCKWELL, C. H. ED., GEOLOGY AND ECON. MINS. CAN.; GEOL. SURV. OF CAN., ECON. GEOL. SER. 1, 4TH ED., P. 369 - 70}{Deposit:: SULLIVAN MINE STAFF, 1970, MINING AT THE SULLIVAN; IN RAUSCH, D. O., MARIACHER, B. C., EDS, AIME WORLD SYMP. MINING & METALLURGY OF LEAD & ZINC, V. 1 P. 259 - 273.}{Deposit:: 1970, GEOLOGY, EXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA; B. C. DEPT MINES, P. 473}{Deposit:: *EILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PLATINUM DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECONOMIC REPORT 13, P. 107.}{Deposit:: MULLIGAN, R., 1975, GEOLOGY OF CANADIAN TIN OCCURRENCES: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECONOMIC REPORT 28, P. 87-93.}{Deposit:: SANGSTER, D.F., 1972, PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PAPER 72-22, P. 32-35.}{Deposit:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA.}{Production:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1975 - 76 P. FINANCIAL POST SURV. MINES, 1967 P. 70. GEOL., EXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, P. 23; ORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.}{Reserve-Resource:: SKINNER W. R., 1975, MINING INTL. YBK. P. 173}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G., Bolm, Karen S.