Mine detail: Lornex

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Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 50.44983, -121.03876
dep_id: 10133186
mas_id: 1220100008
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
other_matl: Azurite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Gypsum, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Tetrahedrite
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Porter, Kenneth E.
Year first produced: 1972
disc_yr: 1964
References:
  • Deposit:: B.C. DEPT. OF MINES AND PET. RES., GEM, 1973, P. 169.
  • Deposit:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-79. LORNEX MINING CORP. LTD.
  • Deposit:: P. 176.
  • Deposit:: CANADIAN RESERVES OF COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM,
  • Deposit:: SILVER AND GOLD AS OF JAN. 1, 1978, MR 185. LORNEX
  • Deposit:: MINING CORP. LTD. P. 16.
  • Deposit:: COAKLEY, GEORGE J. REPORT ON FIELD TRIP TO HIGHLAND VALLEY,
  • Deposit:: B.C. COPPER DISTRICT, APR. 27-29, 1977. PRINTED JULY
  • Deposit:: 14, 1977, PP. 12-22.
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. LORNEX. SEPT. 1969, P. 197
  • Deposit:: FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES 1978. LORNEX MINING
  • Deposit:: CORPORATION LTD. P. 213.
  • Deposit:: MAMEN, CHRIS. LORNEX--300M TONS ON TAP. CANADIAN MINING
  • Deposit:: MCMANUS, JAMES, ALLEN R. PAUL AND FRANK YU. PROCESS CONTROL
  • Deposit:: IN LORNEX GRINDING CIRCUIT. CIM BULLETIN, MAY 1978,
  • Deposit:: PP. 146-151.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE. LORNEX. MAR. 1973, PP. 154-163.
  • Deposit:: RENO, C.W. THE LORNEX MINING PROJECT AND HIGHLAND VALLEY,
  • Deposit:: B.C. CIM BULLETIN, OCT. 1973, PP. 55-57.
  • Deposit:: WALDNER, M.W., G.D. SMITH AND R.D. WILLIS. LORNEX, ED. BY
  • Deposit:: A. SUTHERLAND BROWN. PORPHYRY DEPOSITS OF THE CANADIAN
  • Deposit:: CORDILLERA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 15, 1976, PP. 120-129.
  • Deposit:: WARREN, N.F. LORNEX--A CASE HISTORY. WESTERN MINER, APR.
  • Deposit:: 1972, PP. 110-115.
  • Deposit:: WEBSTER, LEN. MAINTENANCE: AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE TO
  • Deposit:: OPERATIONS. CMJ, JUNE 1977, PP. 27-34.
  • Deposit:: WESTERN MINER. LORNEX MINING CORPORATION LTD. AUG. 1972,
  • Deposit:: PP. 35-41, 44-53.
  • Deposit:: WESTERN MINER. LORNEX MINING CORP. MAR. 1975, P. 32.
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING (U.S. ED.). LORNEX STRIPS 173,000 TONS ON BEST
  • Deposit:: DAY--BUILDS 38,000 DAILY TON MILL. NOV. 1973, PP. 42-43
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING. JUNE 1975, P. 59.
  • Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, LORNEX TO INCREASE CAPACITY, BOOST PAYOUT;
  • Deposit:: OCT. 25, 1979, P.1,6.
  • Deposit:: LORNEX MINING CORP. LTD. STAFF, LORNEX MINING CORP. LTD.;
  • Deposit:: IN MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN WESTERN CANADA, THE TENTH
  • Deposit:: COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLALURGICAL CONGRESS- SEPT.2-
  • Deposit:: 28, 1974, SECTION VI, ARTICLE M, P.1-17.
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, MAJOR EXPANSION PLANNED FOR LORNEX; NOV.2,
  • Deposit:: 1979, P.377.
  • Deposit:: COBBAN, GILLIAN, WORL* MOST POWERFUL AUTOGENOUS MILL IN
  • Deposit:: LORNEX EXPANSION; NORTHERN MINER, NOV. 29, 1979, P.D34,D3
  • Deposit:: WESTERN MINER, LORNEX HAS $160-MILLION EXPANSION UNDER WAY;
  • Deposit:: DEC., 1979, P.38, 39.
  • Deposit:: ARMSTRONG, ROBERT D., THE IMPORTANCE OF LORENEX TO THE
  • Deposit:: KAMLOOPS AREA; WESTERN MINER, JUNE, 1971, PP. 22-27.
  • Deposit:: THIRGOOD, J.V., AND W.F. GILMORE, AN APPROACH TO LAND
  • Deposit:: RECLAMATION AT THE LORNEX MINING PROJECT; WESTERN MINER,
  • Deposit:: AUGUST, 1971, PP. 48-55.
  • Deposit:: WESTERN MINER, LARGE EQUIPMENT ECONOMICS HELP AT LORNEX
  • Deposit:: MINING OPERATION; JAN., 1977, P. 16.
  • Deposit:: WESTERN MINER, LORNEX ACHIEVES HIGH RECOVERY; AUGUST, 1972,
  • Deposit:: P. 81.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, LORNEX, B.C., PROGRESS; APRIL, 1972, P. 245
  • Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, LORNEX MILLING REACHES RECORD RATE LAST
  • Deposit:: YEAR; MARCH 22, 1979, P. 13.
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING, LORNEX TO EXPAND HIGHLAND VALLEY MINE; APRIL,
  • Deposit:: 1980, P. 72.
  • Deposit:: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, LORNEX TO SPEND $160 MILLION ON
  • Deposit:: EXPANSION; FEB., 1980, P. 18.
  • Deposit:: 1979-1980 WORLD MINES REGISTER, LORNEX MINING CORP. LTD.;
  • Deposit:: P. 71.
  • Deposit:: WESTERN MINER, LORNEX PERFORMANCE IMPROVES; JUNE, 1973,
  • Deposit:: P. 54.
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING, LORNEX MINING CORP. OPERATES AT RECORD RATE
  • Deposit:: DURING 1973; APRIL, 1974, P. 76.
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING, JULY, 1977, P. 68.
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING, MARCH, 1973.
  • Deposit:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1977-1978, LORNEX MINING CORP. LTD.;
  • Deposit:: P. 184.
  • Deposit:: B.C. DEPT. OF MINES AND PET. RES., GEM, 1969, P. 260.
  • Deposit:: DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES, OTTAWA, MIN. RES.
  • Deposit:: BRANCH, UNPUB. SUMMARY REPORT: LORNEX; APRIL, 1978.
  • Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, LORNEX STUDIES 50% EXPANSION IN PRODUCTION;
  • Deposit:: APRIL 26, 1979, P. 3.
  • Deposit:: E/MJ, MAY, 1977, P. 151.
  • Deposit:: WESTERN MINER, RIO ALGOM MINES LIMITED, LORNEX MINING
  • Deposit:: CORPORATION LTD.; NOV., 1972, P. 47.
  • Deposit:: MAYRS, BILL, THE VALLEY OF COPPER - HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER
  • Deposit:: GIANTS FIND BIGGER IS BETTER: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL,
  • Deposit:: SEPT. 1986, P. 21-23.
  • Deposit:: SCALES, MARILYN, GRINDING OUT PROFIT - COPPER, MOLY AND COAL
  • Deposit:: MIX WELL FOR LORNEX: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, NOV. 1986,
  • Deposit:: P. 37-38.
  • Deposit:: HANSON, POUL, HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER - A STRATEGY FOR
  • Deposit:: INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY: CIM BULL., AUG. 1987, VOL. 80,
  • Deposit:: NO. 904, P. 42-45.
  • Deposit:: MAYCOCK, JOYCE, CUTTING HAULAGE COSTS WITH NEW CONVEYOR
  • Deposit:: SYSTEM: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, AUG. 1987, P. 26-27.
  • Deposit:: RAYMOND, G.F. AND ARMSTRONG, W.P., SAMPLE BIAS AND
  • Deposit:: CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY ORE RESERVE ESTIMATION AT VALLEY:
  • Deposit:: CIM BULL., MARCH 1988, VOL. 81, NO. 911, P. 128-136.
  • Deposit:: SCOTT, M.D., HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPE* IN-PIT CRUSHING AND
  • Deposit:: CONVEYING SYSTEM: CIM BULL., SEPT. 1988, VOL. 81, NO. 917,
  • Deposit:: P. 50-56.
  • Production:: MCMANUS, J., G.R. WYMAN AND C.W. RENO, LORNEX MINING
  • Production:: CORPORATION LTD.; D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN MILLING PRACTICE
  • Production:: IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.318,319.
  • Production:: RENO, C.W., G.R. WYMAN AND J. MCMANUS, LORNEX MINING CORP.
  • Production:: LTD., D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA,
  • Production:: CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.116-118.
  • Production:: BARRATT, DEREK J., SEMI-AUTOGENOUS GRINDING; A COMPARISON
  • Production:: WITH THE CONVENTIONAL ROUTE; CIM BULL., NOV., 1979,
  • Production:: P.74-80.
  • Reserve-Resource:: NORTHERN MINER, LORNEX SET FOR EXPANSION TO INCREASE OUTPUT
  • Reserve-Resource:: 68%; MARCH 27, 1980, P. 4.
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