Mine detail: Similco

Previously called 'Alabama ZoneIngerbelleSimilkameen MineCopper MountainSimilkameen DivisionIngerbelle East'

Location:	British Columbia, Canada, North America
Lat / long:	49.33313, -120.51791
dep_id:	10133562
mas_id:	1220100004
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Silver, Gold
Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Producer
other_matl:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	Porter, Kenneth E.
Year first produced:	1972
disc_yr:	1884
References:	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.