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

Previously called 'Rothermere MinesMaclean'

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Location: Newfoundland, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 48.76653, -56.8489
dep_id: 10073128
mrds_id: W018968
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Gold, Cadmium, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
work_type: Underground
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
alteration: Chloritization, Sericitization, Silicification
ore_ctrl: Submarine Polymictic Debris Flow Of Breccia Ores
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G., Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
Year first produced: 1928
yr_lst_prd: 1984
disc_yr: 1905
discr: Matty Mitchell; Spectacular Discoveries In 1926 By Hans Lundberg
References:
  • 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
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