Mine detail: Buchans Pb, Zn, Cu, Ag Unit

Previously called 'Rothermere MinesMaclean'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.76653, -56.8489

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Gold, Cadmium, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Discovery year:	1905

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1928
Last production ended:	1984

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Sericitization, Silicification

References

MRDS	W018968
DEP	10073128
Reference	{Deposit:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA}{Production:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET 7-16-75, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOKS 74 - 75 P 28. SKINNE * MINING INTL. YBK. 1975 P. 540. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUR. 11-76 P 189; CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 74 - 75, P 28}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Bolm, Karen S.