A lead-zinc-silver mine in the East Kootenay District, North of Kimberley. Ore is in an immense replacement deposit (a complex, diatreme hosted orebody). Owned by Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. Workings to at least the 3,900 foor (1,200 meter) level.
The deposit was discovered in 1892. Mining started in 1909 and stopped in 2001.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_Mine
27 entries listed. 23 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).
