Mine detail: Sullivan Mine

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Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 49.71654, -116.00106
dep_id: 10073061
mrds_id: W018870
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Palladium, Cadmium, Tin, Antimony, Platinum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Boulangerite, Cassiterite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Clinozoisite, Garnet, Muscovite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
orebody_fm: TABULAR, LENSE
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
alteration: Tourmalinization, Chloritization, Albitization
ore_ctrl: Bedding Porosity, Some Fracture Control
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G., Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_unit: Aldridge Formation Quartzite, Arg. Quartzite, Siltstone
hrock_type: Siltstone
arock_unit: Purcell Intrusives-Diorite, Granophyric
arock_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
Year first produced: 1900
disc_yr: 1892
discr: Sullivan, Smith, Cleaver, Burchett
References:
  • 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
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