Description
Mr. Jameson, A Trapper.
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold, Silver, Platinum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlFine Grained Bedded Tuffs Are The Most Favorable Host Rock Because Of Their Propensity For Brittle Fracture. The Lost Horse Intrusive Is Considered To Have Been More Important In Localizing The Orebodies Than The Copper Mountain Stock.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Sperrylite
GangueBiotite, Fluorite, Magnetite, Scapolite
Geology
Host rockBasalt · Nicola Group;Nicola Group;Nicola Group;Nicola Group;Nicola Group
Associated rockDiorite · Copper Mountain Stock;Lost Horse Complex;Copper Mountain Stock;Copper Mountain Stock;Copper Mountain Stock;Lost Horse Complex
StructureNorth-Trending High Angle Faults Form An Ancient Long-Lived Rift System, The Nicola Basin, That Extends From The U.S. Border To At Least 160 Km North., Copper Mountain Is Dominated By Strong Easterly And Northwesterly Faulting. Folding Is Minor And Units Are Mostly Flat Lying Or Very Gently Dipping.
Tectonic settingBack Arc Basin
AlterationPotassic Alteration, Propylitic Alteration. See Geology Comments.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1900-1923 (SPORADIC); 1925-1930; 1937-1957; 1989-PRESENT (5/92)
First production1900
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10038736
MRDS IDM046163
Alternate namesSunset Claim, Copper Mountain
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates49.32955, -120.46399
References
FAHRNI, K.C., ET AL, 1976, COPPER MOUNTAIN AND INGERBELLE, IN BROWN, A., ED., PORPHYRY DEPOSITS OF THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA, CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, SPECIAL VOLUME 15, P. 368-375.GEORGE CROSS NEWSLETTER, 8/1/90.BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES BULLETIN 59.O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PLATINUM DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 103.