Mine detail: Endako

Previously called 'StellaCanex'

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Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 54.03313, -126.10154
dep_id: 10079686
mrds_id: W029768
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Molybdenum
Trace mineral: Copper, Tungsten, Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Bismutite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Ferrimolybdite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: ELONGATED ELLIPTICALLY-SHAPED
work_type: Surface
model: 80: Porphyry Mo, low-F
alteration: Hydrothermal, K-Feldspar, Sericite, Kaolinite
Reporter: Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_unit: Endako Quartz Monzonite
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
arock_unit: Endako Quartz Monzonite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Intermontane Cordiller And Belt, Faults. South Boundary Fault West Basalt Fault, Casey Fault. Taillings Creek Fault
Year first produced: 1965
disc_yr: 1927
discr: C.H. Foote And A. Langdow
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: CRANSTONE, D.A. AND HAMILTON, S.A. 1974 IN MR 166
  • Deposit:: KIMURA, E. BYSOUTH, G.D. AND DRUMMOND, A. 1976: ENDAKO IN: CIM. SPECIAL VOLUME NO.15 PP.444-453
  • Deposit:: CRANSTONE, D.A. AND HAMILTON, S.A. 1976: CANADIAN RESERVES OF CU, NI, PB, ZN, MO, AG, AU. ENERGY MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA MR 166
  • Deposit:: KIMURA, E. AND DRUMMOND, A. 1969: HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AT ENDAKO-A COMPARISON TO EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES. CAN. MIN. MET. BULL. 62.687
  • Deposit:: CARR, J.M. 1965 GEOLOGY OF THE ENDAKO AREA. ANNUAL REPORT B.C. DEPT OF MINES FOR 1965, PP.114-134
  • Deposit:: ENDAKO, 1966, ANNUAL REPORT.
  • Deposit:: STEPHENS, F., 1965, ENDAKO MINES: WESTERN MINER, MAY.
  • Deposit:: DAVENPORT, W., JUNE 1969, ORAL COMMUN. ON RHENIUM.
  • Production:: FINANCIAL POST, SURVEY OF MINES 1978, P.262
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