Mine detail: Valley Copper

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Location

Lat / long:

50.48316, -121.03459

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Tungsten, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Galena, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Anhydrite, Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	VEINS AND STRINGERS
Discovery year:	1968

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1986

Geology

Host rock:	Nicloa Group
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Associated rock:	Bethsaida Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Guichon Creek Batholith, South Intermontare Belt, Lornex Fault, Highland Valley Fault

References

MRDS	W700044
DEP	10084831
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Mosier, Dan, Bolm, Karen S.