Mine detail: Highmont

Previously called 'GapGazaGnawed MountainJericho'

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Location

Lat / long: 50.44153, -120.92625

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Molybdenum
Tertiary: Rhenium, Silver
Other material: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Discovery year: 1962

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1981

Geology

References

MAS1220100023
DEP10206030
Reference{Deposit:: B.C. DEPT. OF MINES & PET. RES., G.E.M., 1969, 1970, 1971.}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80. PP. 128-129.}{Deposit:: FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES 1978. P. 179.}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, RICHARD J. TECK TO BRING IN HIGHMONT FOURTH NEW}{Deposit:: MINE IN 6 YEARS. NORTHERN MINER, APR. 26, 1979, PP. 1,7}{Deposit:: ANNIS, R.C., D.A. CRANSTONE AND M.VALLEE, A SURVEY OF KNOWN}{Deposit:: MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;}{Deposit:: ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERALS, MR 181,1978}{Deposit:: P.38,39.}{Deposit:: MCMILLAN, W.J., GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE HIGHLAND VALLEY}{Deposit:: ORE DEPOSITS AND THE GUICHON CREEK BATHOLITH, CIM}{Deposit:: SPECIAL VOLUME NO. 15, 1976, PP. 85-104.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINER, VOL. 52, NO. 6, JUNE 1979, P. 48.}{Deposit:: BROWN, A.S., MINERALIZATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE}{Deposit:: COPPER AND MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS, CIM BULLETIN, JANUARY}{Deposit:: 1969, PP. 26-29.}{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.}{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., SEPT. 1988, VOL. 81,}{Deposit:: NO. 917, 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. 18-21.}
ReporterPorter, Kenneth E.