Mine detail: Island Copper

Previously called 'Port Hardy'

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Location

Lat / long:

50.59975, -127.46813

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Bornite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Dumortierite, Pyrophyllite, Vermiculite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Bonanza Formation
Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Diorite
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

References

MRDS	W700042
DEP	10084829
Reference	DRUMMOND, A.D., AND GODWIN, C.I., 1976, HYPOGENE MINERALIZATION-- AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATON OF ALTERATION ZONING: CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 15, TABLE 2, P. 52-62
Reporter	Mosier, Dan