British Columbia
Past Producer

Granduc

British Columbia, Canada
CopperGoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsArsenopyrite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Cobaltite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Silver, Sphalerite, Tourmaline, Zircon
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1971
Discovery year1951
Identification
Deposit ID10255601
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates56.21647, -130.35177
References
B.C. DEPT OF MINES AND PET. RES., G.E.M., 1973, PP. 24, 497.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-79. NEWMONT MINES LTD. P. 202.CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS. CANADIAN RESERVES OFCOPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLD,AS OF JAN. 1, 1978. P. 16.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. GRANDUC APPROACHES INITIALPRODUCT STAGE. SEPT. 1970, PP. 109-113.MATTSON, R.S. AND J.A. COX. SUBLEVEL CAVING AND DRAWCONTROL PROCEDURES AT GRANDUC. CIM BULLETIN, APRIL 1973NATIONAL ATLAS OF CANADA, 1969.SKILLINGS. ESSO MINERALS CANADA TO REOPEN GRANDUC COPPERPROPERTY. MARCH 1979, P. 21.WESTERN MINER. GRANDUC MINE TO REOPEN UNDER ESSO AGREEMENT.MARCH 1979, P. 34.WESTERN MINER. GRANDUC PERFORMANCE IMPROVES. JUNE 73, P.52EYLES, N. AND R.G. ROGERSON, CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, JULY,1977, P.32.WESTERN MINER, MINING OPERATIONS DEPEND ON SNOW-CLEARINGIDEA; FEB., 1974, P.46,47.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, GRANDUC MAKES ITS MARK INMINING EVEN BEFORE PRODUCTION STARTS; SEPT., 1969,P.266,267.WESTERN MINER, GRANDUC IMPROVEMENT, AUG., 1973, P.43.WESTERN MINER, GRANDUC OPERATING COMPANY, MAR., 1975, P.32.MEYKNECHT, J.J.M., GRANDUC; D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN MILLINGPRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978,P.112-113MR 223, 1989, B.C. 318.