Mine detail: Lornex

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 50.44983, -121.03876

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
Other material: 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
Discovery year: 1964

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1972

Geology

References

MAS1220100008
DEP10133186
Reference{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.}
ReporterPorter, Kenneth E.