Mine detail: Afton

Previously called 'Kamloops'

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Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 50.64983, -120.51792
dep_id: 10084822
mrds_id: W700035
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Digenite, Enargite, Pyrite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Ankerite, Calcite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz, Zeolite
model: 78: Porphyry Cu-Au
alteration: Potassic, Propylitic
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Syenite,Diorite
Year first produced: 1977
disc_yr: 1898
References:
  • Deposit:: DRUMMOND, A.D., AND GODWIN, C.I., 1976, HYPOGENE MINERALIZATION- AN EVALUATION OF ALTERATION ZONING: CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 15.
  • Deposit:: WESTERN MINER, FEBRUARY, 1981.
  • Deposit:: CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES, 1971, MR 21.
  • Production:: WESTERN MINER, 1981
  • Reserve-Resource:: 1980 ESTIMATE IS FROM WESTERN MINER, 1981; 1971 ESTIMATE IS FROM MR 21; TOTAL RESERVE ESTIMATE IF FROM D.A. SINGER FILES, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
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