Mine detail: Valley Copper

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Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 50.48316, -121.03459
dep_id: 10084831
mrds_id: W700044
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Molybdenum, Tungsten, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Galena, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
gangue: Anhydrite, Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VEINS AND STRINGERS
work_type: Surface
model: 79: Porphyry Cu-Mo
Reporter: Mosier, Dan, Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_unit: Nicloa Group
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
arock_unit: Bethsaida Granodiorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Guichon Creek Batholith, South Intermontare Belt, Lornex Fault, Highland Valley Fault
Year first produced: 1986
disc_yr: 1968
discr: J.M. Allen
References:
  • Deposit:: DRUMMOND, A.D., AND GODWIN, C.I., 1976, HYPOGENE MINERALIZATION-- AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF ALTERATION ZONING: CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 15, TABLE 2, P. 52-62.
  • Deposit:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA.
  • Production:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.
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