Mine detail: Endako

Previously called 'StellaCanex'

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Location

Lat / long:

54.03313, -126.10154

Resource(M)

Primary:	Molybdenum
Tertiary:	Copper, Tungsten, Bismuth
Ore:	Bismutite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Ferrimolybdite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	ELONGATED ELLIPTICALLY-SHAPED
Discovery year:	1927

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1965

Geology

Host rock:	Endako Quartz Monzonite
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Endako Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Intermontane Cordiller And Belt, Faults. South Boundary Fault West Basalt Fault, Casey Fault. Taillings Creek Fault
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal, K-Feldspar, Sericite, Kaolinite

References

MRDS	W029768
DEP	10079686
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Krauss, Ulrich H.