Quebec
Producer

Gaspe Copper

Quebec, Canada
CopperSilverMolybdenumGoldSeleniumBismuth
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Molybdenum, Gold
TertiarySelenium, Bismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsAzurite, Bismuth, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1955
Discovery year1921
Identification
Deposit ID10303647
Alternate namesCopper Mtn./Needle Mtn., Copper Mountain, Needle Mountain, Murdockville, E Zone
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates48.96663, -65.51589
References
BELL, A.M. GASPE COPPER MINES. STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OFCANADIAN ORE DEPOSITS, VOL. II, 1957, PP. 470-477.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-79. GASPE ML. P. 118.COLEMAN, R.L. GASPE COPPER MINES LTD. MILLING PRACTICE INCANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1979, PP. 97-105.CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS. CANADIAN RESERVES OFCOPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLDAS OF JAN. 1, 1978. P. 10.MINING MAGAZINE. GASPE COPPER. MARCH 1969, PP. 140-147.WHITE, J.C., THE COPPER MOUNTAIN MINE OF GASPE COPPER MINES,LIMITED; CIM BULL., AUG., 1969, P.855-862.SCALES, MARILYN, MINES GASPE FORGING A FUTURE, CANADIANMINING JOURNAL, JUNE 1987, P. 28-37FREUETTE, JEAN-LOUIS AND FRANCAIS AIMBEAULT, TRAFFIC LIGHTSAT MINES GASPE UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS, CIM BULL., MAY1988, P. 59-61SKILLING'S, 6/11/94, P.12.METALS WEEK, 6/20/94, P.6.AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V 103/N 157, 8/16/95, P.2.MACISAAC, W.F., COPPER MOUNTAIN GEOLOGY AT GASPE COPPERMINES, LIMITED; CIM BULL., AUG., 1969, P.829-836.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1980-81, P. 191.MINE RESERVES AND CURRENTLY PROMISING DEPOSITS, JAN. 1985,EMR CANADA, MR 209, P. 15.NORANDA MINERALS INC., 1989 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 10NORANDA MINERALS INC., 1986 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 35.NORANDA MINERALS INC., 1990 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 24.NORTHERN MINER, 6/4/90, P. 1-2.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1992-1993, P-256.NORANDA INC., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 19.NORANDA INC., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P.38.STAPLETON, A.J., MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRIC-WHEEL TRUCKS ANDOPEN-PIT SHOVELS AT GASPE COPPER; CIM BULL., AUG., 1969,P.863-873.