Mine detail: Highland Valley Copper Complex

Previously called 'LornexValley CopperGnawed MountainLake ZoneHighmont'

Location:	British Columbia, Canada, North America
Lat / long:	50.44983, -121.03876
dep_id:	10181579
mas_id:	1220100114
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Plant
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	Palencia, Cesar M.
Year first produced:	1986
disc_yr:	1964
References:	Deposit:: MAYRS, BILL, THE VALLEY OF COPPER, CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, Deposit:: SEPT., 1986, P. 21-23. Deposit:: SCALES, MARILYN, GRINDING OUT PROFIT, CANADIAN MINING Deposit:: JOURNAL, NOV., 1986, P. 37-38. Deposit:: HANSON, POUL, HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER: A STRAGEDY FOR Deposit:: INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY, CIM BULL., AUG., 1987, 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., VOL. 81, NO. 911, MARCH 1988, P. 128-136. Deposit:: SCOTT, M.D., HIGHLAND COPPE* IN-PIT CRUSHING AND Deposit:: CONVEYING SYSTEM, CIM BULL., VOL. 81, NO. 917, SEPT. 1988, Deposit:: P. 50-56. Deposit:: NEWCOMEN, H. WARREN AND MARTIN, DENNIS C., GEOTECHNICAL Deposit:: ASSESSMENT OF THE SOUTHEAST WALL SLOPE FAILURE AT HIGHMONT Deposit:: MINE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CIM BULL., VOL. 81, NO. 917, Deposit:: SEPT., 1988, P. 71-76. Deposit:: ANON., HIGHMONT MILL MOVES DOWN THE HILL...ON PURPOSE!, Deposit:: E&MJ, OCT. 1988, P. 11. Deposit:: WALKER, SIMON, HIGHLAND VALLEY; THE PROFITABLE COMBINATION, Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL MINING, OCT. 1988, P. 20-23. Deposit:: SCOTT, M.D., HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER: TRUCK, CRUSH, CONVEY, Deposit:: WORLD MINING EQUIPMENT, JAN. 1989, P. 19-21. Deposit:: TECK CORP., PEACE IN THE VALLEY, NORTHERN MINER MAGAZINE, Deposit:: 5/87, P. 59. Deposit:: SPORLEDER, LISA E., HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER, A WORLD-CLASS Deposit:: COPPER PARTNERSHIP, E&MJ, 8/89, P.44-46. Deposit:: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION FROM P.C.F. CROWSON OF RTZ CORP. Deposit:: TO PROFESSOR RAYMOND F. MIKESELL, DATED 16 JUNE, 1989. Deposit:: KENNEDY, ALAN, HIGHLAND VALLEY: B.C* WORLD CLASS COPPER Deposit:: MINE, MARCH 1991, P. 132-138. Deposit:: DUVAL, DAVID, COST CUTTER, NORTHERN MINER MAGAZINE, 5/87, Deposit:: SCALES, MARILYN, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, CANADIAN MINING Deposit:: JOURNAL, 6/89, P. 87-92. Deposit:: HANSEN, POUL, A TEMPORARY USE OF THE LAND AT HIGHLAND VALLEY Deposit:: COPPER, CIM BULLETIN, JULY/AUGUST, 1992, P. 71-72. Deposit:: MACPHAIL, A. DAVID, MINING AT HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER, CIM Deposit:: BULLETIN, JULY/AUGUST, 1992, P. 73-77. Deposit:: DALY, S. AND D. ASSMUS, BLAST OPTIMIZATION AND STABILITY Deposit:: ENHANCEMENT THROUGH GEOTECHNICAL MAPPING AT HIGHLAND Deposit:: VALLEY COPPER, CIM BULLETIN, JULY/AUGUST, 1992, P. 78-84. Deposit:: SCOTT, M.D., R.C. LO, OPTIMAL TAILINGS MANAGEMENT AT HIGH- Deposit:: LAND VALLEY COPPER, CIM BULLETIN, JULY/AUGUST, 1992, Deposit:: P. 85-88. Deposit:: THE NORTHERN MINER, APRIL 19, 1993, P. 15. Deposit:: BURGER, JOHN R., HIGHLAND VALLEY MINERS LOWER COSTS BY Deposit:: POOLING RESOURCES, METAL BULLETIN MONTHLY, 8/89, P.12-13. Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER MAGAZINE, OPEN PIT GIANTS OF BRITISH Deposit:: COLUMBIA, 7/92, P.11-13. Deposit:: METAL BULLETIN, HIGHLAND VALLEY SETTLES MORE COPPER T*, Deposit:: 8/2/93, P.6. Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 6/20/94, P.3. Deposit:: MACPHAIL, A.D., D.M. RICHARDS, IN-PIT CRUSHING AND CONVEYING Deposit:: AT HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER, MINING ENGINEERING, 10/94, Deposit:: P.1186-1190. Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINING HANDBOOK, 19871988, P. 98, 251, 375. Reserve-Resource:: RIO ALGOM LTD., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P.22,23. Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINING HANDBOOK, 1986-1987, P. 248. Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER, 1979. Reserve-Resource:: MBM, HIGHLAND VALLEY MINERS LOWER COSTS BY POOLING Reserve-Resource:: RESOURCES, AUG 1989, P. 12-13. Reserve-Resource:: CMH, 1986-1987, P. 362. Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER, 1979, P. 46-47. Reserve-Resource:: TECK CORP., 1989 ANNUAL REPORT, P.15. Reserve-Resource:: TECK CORP., 1991 ANNUAL REPORT, P.13. Reserve-Resource:: TECK CORP., 1992 ANNUAL REPORT, P.12. Reserve-Resource:: TECK CORP., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P.10,11. Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-1992, P-370. Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1992-1993, P-344. Reserve-Resource:: COMINCO LTD., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P.35. Reserve-Resource:: RIO ALGOM LTD., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P.4,5,22,23. Reserve-Resource:: METALL MINING CORP. 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P.25,26. Reserve-Resource:: TECK CORP., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P.17.