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Sericite from
Afton Mine, Kamloops, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Afton Mine, Kamloops, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:369214
Long-form Identifier:1:3:369214:1
GUID (UUID V4):775715ab-dd19-4e4a-bc40-4fdff20290e2
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
8.2km (5.1 miles) Copper King Mine, Iron Mask Batholith, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
23.5km (14.6 miles) Copper Creek Hg occurrence, Savona Area, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
33.0km (20.5 miles) Krain Cu deposit, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
35.8km (22.2 miles) Trojan prospect (Getty prospect; South Seas prospect), Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
38.3km (23.8 miles) Highmont Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
38.7km (24.1 miles) Bethlehem Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
42.0km (26.1 miles) Lucky Mike tungsten occurrence, Swakum Mountain, Merritt area, Nicola Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
42.2km (26.2 miles) Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
44.1km (27.4 miles) Lornex Mine, Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
46.6km (29.0 miles) Aberdeen deposit, Meritt area, Nicola Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Box 9333, Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W 9N3, Canada Abstract Paired belts of alkalic and calc-alkalic...as the Quesnel and Stikine terranes in western Canada. These parallel arc terranes extend for 2,000 km...documented alkalic prospects, with 431 in British Columbia (British Columbia Geological Survey [BCGS], 2011) and...common, with more than 904 occurrences in British Columbia and 102 in Yukon, of which 33 are past producers...MESOZOIC PAIRED ALKALINE PORPHYRY DEPOSIT BELTS, CANADA 829 analyzed the global distribution and tectonic
Report (volume)
of Energy, Mines & Petroleum Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Published for the Geological Society...Society of CIM as VOLUME 46 by the OF MINING, METALLURGY SPECIAL CANADIAN INSTITUTE NORTHWEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE...PETROLEUM COPYRIGHT © 1995 BY CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY AND PETROLEUM Suite 1210, 3400 de Maisonneuve...Maisonneuve Boulevard West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3Z 3B8 ISBN 0-919086-56-X PRINTED BY HARPELL’S...PRESS COOPERATIVE Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada Preface CIM Special Volume 46 is organized into
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4 Abstract Apatite is a...Apatite in several porphyry copper deposits in British Columbia has a unique set of physical and compositional...apatite in several porphyry copper deposits in British Columbia, but more importantly demonstrate that apatite...Accepted: April 4, 2016 1398 BOUZARI ET AL. British Columbia Porphyry Deposits al. 2013). Most of the...studied from several porphyry copper deposits in British Columbia (BC), including Highland Valley (2.31 billion
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Polley Alkalic Cu-Au-Ag Porphyry Deposit, British Columbia: A Case for Carbonate Assimilation* Heidi...(MDRU), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada 4 Imperial Metals...Hornby Street, Suite 200, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6, Canada Abstract Mount Polley is a Late Triassic...of the Mount Polley Complex, located in British Columbia, Canada. The Northeast ore zone at Mount Polley...but well-studied deposits are located in British Columbia, Canada (e.g., Barr † Corresponding author: e-mail
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposit, Mount Milligan, Quesnel Terrane, British Columbia, Canada DARREN LEFORT,1 JACOB HANLEY,1,† AND MARCEL...Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 2 Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zürich...Cu-Au porphyry deposit, Quesnel terrane, British Columbia, Canada, barren and weakly mineralized, late-stage...transitional (post-porphyry, pre-epithermal) quartz-sericite-pyrite veins in calcalkaline porphyry environments...alkalic porphyry Cu-Au system in central British Columbia, Canada, were studied by fluid inclusion, petrographic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sikka ENR, 2108, 3463 Rue Ste. Famille, Montreal, Canada, H2X 2K7 C.E. Nehru Department of Geology, Brooklyn...that the deposit had the potential to support a mine, mill, smelter, and re®nery complex to treat 2 mt/yr...resources, which appear to be available for open pit mining are about 120 mt @ 1.43 wt% Cu (millhead grade)...content of 1.51 mt (Table 1). It may be possible to mine these resources by open pit methods with a stripping... Category `B' resources available for open pit mining are 448 mt @ 0.84 wt% Cu (millhead grade) with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
developing adequate grade and tonnage for large-scale mining Žas at Summitville.. In contrast, acid-sulfate...feldspar-destructive assemblages consisting largely of sericite, quartz and pyrite, which form the phyllic zone...Cordillera and include Copper Mountain-Ingerbelle, Afton-Ajax, Galore Creek, Mt. Milligan and Chuchi ŽBarr...Copper Mountain stock are associated with the Ajax-Afton and Copper Mountain-Ingerbelle deposits, respectively...fresh intrusive rocks associated with ore at the Afton-Ajax and Copper Mountain alkaline porphyry copper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alkalic Cu-Au Porphyry Deposit, Northwestern British Columbia, Canada JANINA MICKO,1,†,* RICHARD M. TOSDAL,1...Unit, University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada 2 Teck Resources...V6C 0B3, Canada 3 Geoscience BC, 890 W. Pender Street, Suite 440, Vancouver, BC V6C 1J9, Canada Abstract...largest accumulation of Cu-Au prospects in British Columbia, Canada, in terms of contained metal. The principal...Jurassic Quesnel or Stikine terranes of British Columbia, Canada, are commonly silica undersaturated. The
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* GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA CANADIAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION m...Cook GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA CANADIAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION *>...*> ****** ©Geological Association of Canada Printed in Canada This publication is available by mail...the Geological Survey of Canada: Editors: R. I. Thompson; Cordilleran Division, Vancouver, B.C. D. G....geological discovery and development in western Canada is highlighted in this volume of field guides.
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Published by Society of Mining Engineers of The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum... Copyright © 1978 by the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. ...greater erosion in the region. Deposits south of the Columbia plateau in the of the Cordilleran orogen commonly...in most of the Cordilleran orogen north of the Columbia plateau, are not consistent with the Lowell and.... SPECIFIC EXAMPLES ... BC Moly (Lime Creek), British ree : The Urad-Henderson Molybdenite Deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Porphyry Copper Deposits R. H. Sillitoe Department of Mining Geology, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College...northwest Pakistan, the Intermontane belt of British Columbia, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Papua New Guinea...CARIBOO-BELL, B.C. IO. MOUNTAINMINES,Phifippines AFTON,B.C. 11. BONENG, ,, GALORECREEK,B.C. 12. AMACAN...alteration and Deposits of the Intermontane British Columbia zone, A number of workers have recently...the Quesnel trough, of southern and central British Columbia (Sutherland Brown, 1969; Hollister, 1975;
Report (volume)
of Science A. I. M. E____ American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Aardrijksk---. Aardrijkskundig...diagram Direcci6n Dissertation district distribution division Doctoral, Document Doctoral Dissertation dolomite...Meteorological, etc. microscopic, etc. Mimeographed Mineral, Mining min. res_ _ _ _ _ mineral resources Mineralog_____...Brunswick. Agricultural and Industrial Progress in Canada vols. 25, nos. 1, 3, 4, 6-10, 12; 26, nos. 3, 5...American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers: Contributions 134, 136-139; Mining and Metallurgy
Report (issue)
Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources British Columbia Geological Survey Paper 2019-01 Geological...Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources British Columbia Geological Survey Paper 2019-01 Ministry...Resources Mines and Mineral Resources Division British Columbia Geological Survey Recommended citation...petrology of rocks in the Decar area, central British Columbia: Petrologically constrained subdivision of...Fieldwork 2018, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, British Columbia Geological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Porphyry Copper-Gold Deposit, Northern British Columbia, Canada: Igneous Phases, Alteration, and Controls...Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6C 3B6 2 4732 Willow Creek Road, West Vancouver, B.C., Canada V7W 1C4 3 P.O....into earlier sericite-clay-pyrite, and later low sulfide carbonate-clay-hematite. Late sericite-clay-pyrite...the northwestern Canadian Cordillera in British Columbia. Mining has recently begun (late 2014) after over... ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Trans-Canada Highway ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Report (issue)
PAPER 69-45 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS R. J. Traill ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 69-45 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops...to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...has elapsed since T . Sterry Hunt in Geology of Canada, 1863 , presented the first descriptive list of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Milligan Alkalic Porphyry Au-Cu Deposit, British Columbia, Canada* C. PAUL JAGO,1,†,** RICHARD M. TOSDAL...Research Unit, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada Australian Research Council...alkalic porphyry Au-Cu deposit in northern British Columbia (Canada; Fig. 1) that has been moderately tilted... Prince George, BC V2L 3H9, Canada. ***Present address: Newcrest Mining Limited, 400 George Street, Brisbane...Mount Polley Afton / Ajax Copper Mtn. FIG. 1. Map of porphyry Cu deposits in British Columbia, showing location
Journal (issue)
Speaking 3 T5I California Convention 4 Yogo Sapphire Mine Reopened 4 Alpha Counters 5 Berkeley Cass iter ite...p. 9 Amer.Potash & Chemical Corp. p. 11 Calif, Division of Mines p. 12 Trona Argonaut p. 15 Kern Co. Chamber...Stanford, and the head office of the California Division of Mines in the San Francisco Ferry Building,...States. YOGO SAPPHIRE MINE REOPENED A REOPEN INC OF THE FAMED YOGO~ 'SAPP H I RE MINE, IN THE LITTLE BELT...scheduled TO BEGIN THIS MONTH, UNDER NEW OPERATORS. THE MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1929, AFTER HAVING PRODUCED
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu/Au/Mo Ratios, Woodjam District, Central British Columbia Irene del Real,1,†,* Farhad Bouzari,1 Amelia...University of British Columbia, 2020-2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T1Z Fields...Fields Canada Exploration, 706-1155 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6E1B5 3 Department...located in the Quesnel terrane in central British Columbia. Porphyry centers include the Southeast zone...Introduction Porphyry copper-gold deposits in British Columbia (Fig. 1) formed during the Late Triassic to
Report (issue)
RUSSIA ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA SIGNIFICANT...2-Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks 3-Geological Survey of Canada, Vancouver...2-Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks; '-Geological Survey of Canada, Vancouver;...9-U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage INTRODUCTION Mine. A site where valuable minerals have been extracted...occurrence, mineral deposit, prospect, and (or) mine. Metallogenic belt. A geologic unit (area) that
Report (issue)
Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources British Columbia Geological Survey Paper 2020-01 Ministry...Resources Mines and Mineral Resources Division British Columbia Geological Survey Recommended citation...Neogene porphyry Cu-Mo(±Au-Ag) mineralization in British Columbia: the Klaskish Plutonic Suite, northern Vancouver...Fieldwork 2019, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, British Columbia Geological...batholith and its surroundings, north-central British Columbia, this volume. Photo by Dejan Milidragovic
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diagrams were drafted by Emma Carrillo of Newmont Mining, Barbara Procher of Amax Exploration and Ray Agnew...undertaken by the Ontario Department of Mines and British Columbia Department of Mines. Much of the typing of...Research Limited, Rexdale, Ont. Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada Limited, Toronto, Ont Department of...of Geological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Department of Geology, Brock University...Geological Sciences, University of British A. SOREGAROLI Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. of Mines, Victoria
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chris Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Northern British Columbia, Canada Jing-Jing Zhu,1 2,3,† Jeremy P. Richards...University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6 3 Department 4 Imperial of Earth and...Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3 Metals Corporation, 200-580 Hornby Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C...the Stikinia island-arc terrane in northwest British Columbia. It is hosted by the Red Stock, which has...Red Chris deposit is located in northwest British Columbia and contains measured and indicated resources
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zone of the Lorraine Deposit, North-Central British Columbia: A Replacement-Style Alkalic Cu-Au Porphyry...University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada 3 GNS Science...the Lorraine alkalic porphyry Cu-Au district, BC, Canada, is hosted in an intrusive complex that comprises...resource of copper, gold, and silver in British Columbia, Canada. Some deposits contain greater than 700...deposits formed. Some of the alkalic deposits of British Columbia exhibit textures that are atypical of porphyry
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IN THE MINING INDUSTRY This Page Intentionally Left Blank APPLIED MINERALOGY IN THE MINING INDUSTRY...INDUSTRY William Petruk Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 2000 ELSEVl ER Amsterdam - Lausanne - New York - Oxford -...Data Petruk, W., 1930Applied mineralogy in the mining industry / William Petruk.-- 1st ed. p. cm. Includes...dedicated mineralogist is essential at most large mining operations; a person who performs applied mineralogy...joined the Mineralogy Section, Mineral Sciences Division, Mines Branch, Department* of Mines and Technical
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On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALBERTA Mineral occurrences in western Canada [British Columbia and Alberta] (by A. Ingelson) 15:8994...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G
 
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