Mine detail: Granduc

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Location

Lat / long: 56.21647, -130.35178

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Cobaltite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Silver, Sphalerite, Tourmaline, Zircon
Discovery year: 1951

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1971

Geology

References

MAS1220100015
DEP10255601
Reference{Deposit:: B.C. DEPT OF MINES AND PET. RES., G.E.M., 1973, PP. 24, 497.}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-79. NEWMONT MINES LTD. P. 202.}{Deposit:: CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS. CANADIAN RESERVES OF}{Deposit:: COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLD,}{Deposit:: AS OF JAN. 1, 1978. P. 16.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. GRANDUC APPROACHES INITIAL}{Deposit:: PRODUCT STAGE. SEPT. 1970, PP. 109-113.}{Deposit:: MATTSON, R.S. AND J.A. COX. SUBLEVEL CAVING AND DRAW}{Deposit:: CONTROL PROCEDURES AT GRANDUC. CIM BULLETIN, APRIL 1973}{Deposit:: NATIONAL ATLAS OF CANADA, 1969.}{Deposit:: SKILLINGS. ESSO MINERALS CANADA TO REOPEN GRANDUC COPPER}{Deposit:: PROPERTY. MARCH 1979, P. 21.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINER. GRANDUC MINE TO REOPEN UNDER ESSO AGREEMENT.}{Deposit:: MARCH 1979, P. 34.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINER. GRANDUC PERFORMANCE IMPROVES. JUNE 73, P.52}{Deposit:: EYLES, N. AND R.G. ROGERSON, CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, JULY,}{Deposit:: 1977, P.32.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINER, MINING OPERATIONS DEPEND ON SNOW-CLEARING}{Deposit:: IDEA; FEB., 1974, P.46,47.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, GRANDUC MAKES ITS MARK IN}{Deposit:: MINING EVEN BEFORE PRODUCTION STARTS; SEPT., 1969,}{Deposit:: P.266,267.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINER, GRANDUC IMPROVEMENT, AUG., 1973, P.43.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINER, GRANDUC OPERATING COMPANY, MAR., 1975, P.32.}{Production:: MEYKNECHT, J.J.M., GRANDUC; D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN MILLING}{Production:: PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978,P.112-113}{Reserve-Resource:: MR 223, 1989, B.C. 318.}
ReporterPorter, Kenneth E.