Mine detail: Windy Craggy Deposit

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Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 59.73305, -137.73553
dep_id: 10097336
mrds_id: TC00510
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Cobalt, Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Cubanite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue: Ankerite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Cordierite, Galena, Graphite, Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz, Siderite, Stilpnomelane
model: 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
alteration: Silicification, Chloritization; Chlorite, Carbonate Regional Haloes
Reporter: Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type: Meta-Argillite
tectonic: Allochthonous Alexander Terrane, Insular Tectonic Belt
disc_yr: 1958
discr: Frobisher Exploration (Now Falconbridge Ltd.)
References:
  • Deposit:: CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA.
  • Deposit:: HARPER, G., 1990, GEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE WINDY CRAGGY PROJECT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA [ABST.]: MINING IS ALIVE IN DENVER (ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 1991 SME, AIME, AND WAAIME ANNUAL MEETING), P.58.
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