British Columbia
Past Producer

Pinchi Lake Mine

British Columbia, Canada
Mercury
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface, Underground
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1940
Discovery year1937
Identification
Deposit ID10206615
Alternate namesPinchi Lake
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates54.63313, -124.4515
References
MINING MAGAZINE, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND PINCHI LAKE;JULY, 1971, P.23.COMINCO LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT, 1981."COMINCO LIMITED - PINCHI LAKE MINE", MILLING PRACTICE INCANADA", THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ANDMETALLURGY, 1978, PP. 327-328."COMINCO PUTS COMPACT, AGILE GRADER UNDERGROUND AT PINCHILAKE MINE", CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1970,PP. 57-58."ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AT PINCHI LAKE", MINING MAGAZINE,JULY 1971, P. 23."PINCHI LAKE: CANADA'S ONLY MERCURY MINE", ENGINEERING ANDMINING JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 1973, PP. 134-135."THE PINCHI LAKE MINE", MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN WESTERNCANADA, TENTH COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICALCONGRESS, CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY,1974, PP. 1-13.COMINCO LTD. STAFF, COMINCO LTD.- PINCHI LAKE MINE; D.E.PICKETT, ED., IN MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM SPECIALVOLUME 16, 1978, P.327,328.CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, COMINCO PUTS COMPACT, AGILE GRADERUNDERGROUND AT PINCHI LAKE MINE; MAY, 1970, P.57,58.