Mine detail: Equity Silver

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Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 54.18313, -126.26822
dep_id: 10084823
mrds_id: W700036
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Antimony, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Andalusite, Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Scorzalite, Sericite, Tourmaline
model: 83: Volcanic-hosted Cu-As-Sb
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Skeena Group
hrock_type: Metasedimentary Rock
disc_yr: 1967
References:
  • KOWALCHUK, J.M., CHURCH, B.N., BRADSHAW, P.M.D., AND BARAKSO, J.J., 1984, LITHOGEOCHEMISTRY AT THE EQUITY SILVER MINE: WESTERN MINER, APRIL, 1984, P. 50-54
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