Mine detail: Similco

Previously called 'Alabama ZoneIngerbelleSimilkameen MineCopper MountainSimilkameen DivisionIngerbelle East'

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Location

Lat / long: 49.33313, -120.51791

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Other material: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Discovery year: 1884

Production

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

Geology

References

MAS1220100004
DEP10133562
Reference{Deposit:: ROBERTS, RICHARD, NEWMONT TO DEVELOP COPPER MOUNTAIN;}{Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, AUG. 31,1978, P.1,2.}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-79. P. 202.}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. BRITISH COLUMBIA--COPPER MOUNTAIN}{Deposit:: EXPANSION. OCT. 78, P. 12.}{Deposit:: HANNA, K.E., ET AL. SIMILKAMEEN MINING CO. LTD.--NEWMONT}{Deposit:: MINING CORPORATION. MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM}{Deposit:: SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, PP. 125-127.}{Deposit:: MACAULEY, T.N. GEOLOGY OF THE INGERBELLE AND COPPER}{Deposit:: MOUNTAIN DEPOSITS AT PRINCETON, B.C. CIM, APRIL 1973.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE. GO-AHEAD FOR COPPER MOUNTAIN, B.C., MINE.}{Deposit:: OCT. 1978, P. 359.}{Deposit:: PARLIAMENT, J.H., THE SIMILKAMEEN PROJECT, CIM BULL., APRIL,}{Deposit:: 1973, P.58-64.}{Deposit:: RAYMOND, GARY, ORE ESTIMATION PROBLEMS IN AN ERRATICALLY}{Deposit:: MINERALIZED OREBODY; CIM BULL., JUNE, 1979, P.90-98.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINER, THE SIMILKAMEEN PROJECTS; DEC., 1973,P.30-38.}{Deposit:: DELAN, W.M., E.J. BALLANTYNE JR. AND T.N. MACAULEY,}{Deposit:: GEOPHYSICS OF THE COPPER MOUNTAIN AND INGERBELLE ORE-}{Deposit:: BODIES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA; CIM BULL., JULY,1975,P.90-97.}{Deposit:: SCHABAS, WILLIAM, SIMILKAMEEN PREPARES FOR MOVE TO COPPER}{Deposit:: MOUNTAIN; CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1978, P.58,61.}{Deposit:: SIMILKAMEEN MINING CO. LTD. STAFF, SIMILKAMEEN MINING CO.}{Deposit:: LTD.; IN MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN WESTERN CANADA, THE TENTH}{Deposit:: COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS- SEPT. 2-}{Deposit:: 28, 1974, SECTION VI, ARTICLE I, P.1-12.}{Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, NEWMON* SIMILKAMEEN DIVISION INCREASES}{Deposit:: OUTPUT AND PROFIT, MARCH 27, 1980, P. 31.}{Deposit:: DANIELSON, VIVIAN, PRINCETON SURVEYS POTENTIAL FOR SIMILCO}{Deposit:: RESERVE EXPANSION, NORTHERN MINER, 8/13/90, P.1,19.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, SIMILCO MINE REPORT, 6/15/90, P.473,474.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 11/90, P.37.}{Deposit:: MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, 12/31/90, P.8.}{Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, PRINCETON EXPECTS NEW ESTIMATE OF MINABLE}{Deposit:: RESERVES BY YEAR-END, 11/19/90, P.6.}{Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, PRINCETO* EARNINGS DROP AS COSTS RISE,}{Deposit:: REVENUE FALLS, 4/1/91, P.6.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING J., 5/91, P.46.}{Deposit:: THE NORTHERN MINER, 11/8/93, P. 14.}{Deposit:: TECK CORP., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 4-7.}{Deposit:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 4/15/94, P. 5.}{Deposit:: AME MINING WEEKLY, 6/10/94, P. 3.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 5/6/94, P. 328.}{Deposit:: PRINCETON MINING CORP., PRESS RELEASE, 6/6/94.}{Deposit:: PRINCETON MINING CORP., PRESS RELEASE, 6/7/94.}{Deposit:: PLAT* METALS WEEK, 7/11/94, P. 1.}{Deposit:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 7/14/94, P. 6.}{Deposit:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 7/20/94, P. 6.}{Deposit:: PRINCETON MINING CORP., PRESS RELEASE, 8/2/94.}{Deposit:: PRINCETON MINING CORP., PRESS RELEASE, 8/30/94.}{Deposit:: PRINCETON MINING CORP., PRESS RELEASE, 8/15/94.}{Deposit:: PRINCETON MINING CORP., PRESS RELEASE, 8/22/94.}{Deposit:: METAL BULLETIN, 11/4/93, P.8.}{Deposit:: PRINCETON MINING CORP., PRESS RELEASE, 3/9/94, 1PP.}{Deposit:: PRINCETON MINING CORP., PRESS RELEASE, 5/2/94, 2PP.}{Deposit:: PRINCETON MINING CORP., PRESS RELEASE, 6/8/94, 2PP.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 9/2/94, P.164.}{Deposit:: PRINCETON MINING COEP., PRESS RELEASE, 9/20/94, 1PP.}{Deposit:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 9/23/94, P.6.}{Deposit:: PRINCETON MINING CORP., PRESS RELEASE, 10/4/94, 1PP.}{Deposit:: PRINCETON MINING CORP., PRESS RELEASE, 10/6/94, 1PP.}{Deposit:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 10/11/93, P.5.}{Deposit:: PRINCETON MINING CORP., PRESS RELEASE, 11/28/94, 1PP.}{Deposit:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V 103/N 188, 9/29/95, P.12.}{Geology:: MACAULEY, T.N., GEOLOGY OF THE INGERBELLE AND COPPER}{Geology:: MOUNTAIN DEPOSITS AT PRINCETON, B.C., CIM BULL., APRIL,}{Geology:: 1973, P.105-112.}{Geology:: FAHRNI, K.C., T.N. MACAULEY AND V.A.G. PRETO, COPPER}{Geology:: MOUNTAIN AND INGERBELLE; A SUTHERLAND BROWN, ED.,}{Geology:: PORPHYRY DEPOSITS OF THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA, CIM SPECIAL}{Geology:: VOLUME NO. 15, 1976, P.368-375.}{Geology:: PRETO, V.A., GEOLOGY OF COPPER MOUNTAIN. BRITISH COLUMBIA}{Geology:: DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES, BULLETIN 59,}{Geology:: 1972.}{Production:: NICE, R.W., CONCENTRATOR START-UP AT SIMILKAMEEN; CIM BULL.,}{Production:: SEPT., 1974, P.55-61.}{Production:: BARRATT, DEREK J., SEMI-AUTOGENOUS GRINDING: A COMPARISON}{Production:: WITH THE CONVENTIONAL ROUTE; CIM BULL., NOV., 1979,}{Production:: P.74-80.}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1980-81, P. 185.}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK - 1986-1987, P. 282.}{Reserve-Resource:: ANNETT, WILLIAM, NEW IMPROVED CASSIAR MINING CORP.,}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, APR. 1989, P. 29-33.}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK - 1989-90, P. 101, 102.}{Reserve-Resource:: NORTHERN MINER, 6/29/92, P. 17.}{Reserve-Resource:: PRINCETON MINING CORP., 1992 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 7.}{Reserve-Resource:: PRINCETON MINING CORP., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 5.}{Reserve-Resource:: PRINCETON MINING CORP., PRESS RELEASE, 1/25/95, 1PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: PRINCETON MINING CORP., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P.5.}
ReporterPorter, Kenneth E.