Description
Horton And Benson
Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
TertiaryGold, Silver, Cadmium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formSTEEPLY DIPPING STRINGERS OR FLAT - LYING IN BRECCIA ZONES
Ore controlPossibly A Large Thrust Fault Which Is Very Close To The Mine. Also, Favorable Host Rock Structure & Lithology
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Hemimorphite, Sphalerite
GangueDolomite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Reeves Limestone (Lower Liab Group)
StructureKootenay Arc., Diabase Dikes. Host Rock Is Tightly Folded At The Mine Forming A Syncline, Both Limbs Dipping 50 - 75 Deg E.
Tectonic settingCoroilleran Region, Kootenay Arc
AlterationDolomitization, Silicification And Tremolite To Talc
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1912
Discovery year1907
Identification
Deposit ID10073058
MRDS IDW018866
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates49.1367, -117.2443
References
WARNING, G. F., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE H. B. MINE; CAN. INST. MINING AND METALLURGY TR. V. 63 P. 520 - 23.FYLES, J. T. AND HEWLETT, C. G., 1959, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE SALMO LEAD - ZINC AREA; B. C. DEPT. MINES BULL 41, 162 P.1973, GEOLOGY, EXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA; B. C. DEPT. MINES AND PET. RESOURCES, P. 22, 571946 DIREXPL COMINCO - EXTENSIVE ORE FOUNCominco Ltd. Staff, 1974, The H.B. Mine; in Mineral industries in Western Canada, The Tenth Commomweath Mining and Metallurgical Congress - Sept. 2-28, 1974, Section VI, Article F, P. 1-10.Irvine, W.T., 1957, Structural geology of Canadian ore deposits, Vol. II, p. 124-132.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOKS, VARIOUS YEARS. GEOL. EXPLORATION AND MINING IN B. C., 1973, P. 22