Mine detail: Schaft Creek

Previously called 'NabLiard CopperBirdSnoMess Creek'

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Location

Lat / long: 57.36508, -130.99355

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
Other material: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Discovery year: 1957

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

MAS1220100035
DEP10279223
Reference{Deposit:: SEE BIB. REF. 001-003, 004-006, 007-011, 029-030, 031-033,}{Deposit:: 034-037, 038-041, 044-047, 050-052, 055-057, 058-060,}{Deposit:: 061-063.}{Deposit:: LINDER, H., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE SCHAFT CREEK PORPHYRY}{Deposit:: COPPER-MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT, NORTHWESTERN B.C., CIM BULL.,}{Deposit:: VOL. 68, NO. 758, P. 49-63.}{Deposit:: MINERAL POLICY SECTOR, 1978, ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES}{Deposit:: CANADA REPORT ENTITLED BIRD (LIARD COPPER) (SCHAFT}{Deposit:: CREEK), 3 P.}{Deposit:: GOLDER ASSOC., 1980, DEPOSIT PROFILE SCHAFT CREEK BRITISH}{Deposit:: COLUMBIA, CANADA: CONFIDENTIAL REPORT PREPARED FOR U.S.}{Deposit:: BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM BY GOLDER}{Deposit:: ASSOC., CONSULTING MINING AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS,}{Deposit:: CONTRACT NO. J02950059, 12 P.}{Deposit:: FOX, P.E., GROVE. E.W., SERAPHIM, R.H., AND SUTHERLAND}{Deposit:: BROWN, A., 1978, SCHAFT CREEK: PAPER 21 IN PORPHYRY}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS OF THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME}{Deposit:: NO. 15, P. 219-226.}{Deposit:: SERAPHIM, R.H., SUTHERLAND BROWN, A., AND GROVE, E.W., 1976,}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY OF THE SCHAFT CREEK PORPHYRY COPPER-MOLYDBENUM}{Deposit:: DEPOSIT, NORTHWESTERN B.C.: DISCUSSION OF A PAPER BY}{Deposit:: H. LINDER ALONG WITH AN AUTHO* REPLY, CIM BULL., VOL.}{Deposit:: 69, NO. 771, P. 96-102. SEE BIBLIOGRAPHIC REF. 001-003.}{Deposit:: SUTHERLAND BROWN, A., 1969, MINERALIZATION IN BRITISH}{Deposit:: COLUMBIA AND THE COPPER AND MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS: CIM}{Deposit:: BULL., VOL. 62, P. 26, 37.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINER, JULY, 1973, P. 42-43.}{Deposit:: METALS SOURCEBOOK, JUNE, 1978, PAGES UNKNOWN.}{Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, DEC. 14, 1978, P. 1, 10.}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, JAN., 1979, P. 12.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING, JAN., 1979, P. 83.}{Deposit:: BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPT. OF MINES ANNUAL REPORT, 1966, P. 26-}{Deposit:: 31 PLUS MAP.}{Deposit:: GROVE, E.W., 1968, BIRD, SNO: IN BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPT. OF}{Deposit:: MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES, LODE METALS IN BRITISH}{Deposit:: COLUMBIA 1968, P. 39-41.}{Deposit:: SUTHERLAND BROWN, A., 1970, SNO, BIRD (LIARD COPPER): IN}{Deposit:: BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPT. OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES,}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY, EXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1970,}{Deposit:: P. 17, 49-57 PLUS MAP.}{Deposit:: DUDAS, B.M., 1971, SND, BIRD (LIARD COPPER): IN BRITISH}{Deposit:: COLUMBIA DEPT. OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES, GEOLOGY,}{Deposit:: EXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1971, P. 18,}{Deposit:: 39-40.}{Deposit:: ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, 1971, CANADIAN MINERALS}{Deposit:: YEARBOOK 1971, P. 137.}{Deposit:: GROVE, E.W., 1974, LIARD COPPER (BIRD, SN0: IN BRITISH}{Deposit:: EXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1974, P. 337-}{Deposit:: 338.}{Deposit:: ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, 1975, CANADIAN MINERALS}{Deposit:: YEARBOOK, MINERAL REPORT 25, P. 187.}{Deposit:: BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES,}{Deposit:: 1975, LIARD COPPER (BIRD, SNO): IN EXPLORATION IN BRITISH}{Deposit:: COLUMBIA 1975, P. E184.}{Deposit:: REPORT OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COPPER TASK FORCE, P. 24, 65}{Deposit:: APPEN. V.}{Deposit:: 1976, LIARD COPPER (BIRD, SNO): IN EXPLORATION IN BRITISH}{Deposit:: COLUMBIA 1976, P. E184-E185.}{Deposit:: 1977, LIARD COPPER (BIRD, SNO): IN EXPLORATION IN BRITISH}{Deposit:: COLUMBIA 1977, P. E224.}{Deposit:: ANNIS, R.C., CRANSTONE, D.A., AND VALLEE, M., 1978, A SURVEY}{Deposit:: OF KNOWN MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING}{Deposit:: MINED: ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MR181, P. 49.}{Deposit:: BRITISH COLUMBIA & YUKON CHAMBER OF MINES, 1979, MINING}{Deposit:: EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, 1978-79, BRITISH}{Deposit:: COLUMBIA-YUKON, P. 26.}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1977-78, P. 180.}{Deposit:: THE FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES, 1977, P. 159.}{Deposit:: E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESS-}{Deposit:: ING OPERATIONS, 1978, P. 92, 233.}{Deposit:: EMR CANADA, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE.}{Geology:: SEE BIB. REF. 001-003, 004-006, 007-011, 012-015, 034-037.}{Geology:: SEE BIB. REF. 001-003, 004-006, 007-011, 012-015, 016-020.}{Geology:: 029-030, 031-033, 034-037, 044-047.}{Geology:: SEE BIB. REF. 001-003.}{Ownership:: SEE BIB. REF. 025, 026, 027, 028, 064-066.}{Reserve-Resource:: YEARBOOK 1975: MINERAL REPORT 25, P. 187.}{Reserve-Resource:: COPPER-MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT, NORTHWESTERN B.C.: CIM BULL.,}{Reserve-Resource:: FOX, P.E., GROVE, E.W., SERAPHIM, R.H., AND SUTHERLAND}{Reserve-Resource:: BROWN, A., 1976, SCHAFT CREEK: PAPER 21 IN PORPHYRY}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1986-87, NORTHERN MINER PRESS,P.244.}{Reserve-Resource:: TECK CORP., 1980 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 10.}{Reserve-Resource:: TECK CORP., 1981 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 14.}{Reserve-Resource:: TECK CORP., 1982 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 11.}{Reserve-Resource:: TECK CORP., 1983 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 12.}{Reserve-Resource:: EMR CANADA, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN}{Reserve-Resource:: 1989, MR 223, NOV. 1989, P. BC 332.}{Reserve-Resource:: NORTHERN MINER MAGAZINE, A BILLION-TON COPPER DEPOSIT,}{Reserve-Resource:: MAY 1987, P. 59.}
ReporterPorter, Kenneth E.