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Molybdenite from
Granisle mine, Granisle, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Granisle mine, Granisle, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:569808
Long-form Identifier:1:3:569808:0
GUID (UUID V4):4b22009f-ac61-4990-b762-af80be849b53
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘBell Mine (Newman Mine), Granisle, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
18.2km (11.3 miles) ⓘOld Fort copper-molybdenum occurrence, Old Fort Mountain, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
29.4km (18.3 miles) ⓘMorrison Cu-Au deposit, Granisle, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
33.5km (20.8 miles) ⓘDorothy Cu deposit, Granisle, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
49.7km (30.9 miles) ⓘBig Onion copper-molybdenum deposit, Smithers, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
74.5km (46.3 miles) ⓘDavidson deposit, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
74.5km (46.3 miles) ⓘGlacier Gulch, Smithers, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
82.1km (51.0 miles) ⓘKwanika prospect (Swan prospect), Kwanika Creek, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
83.4km (51.8 miles) ⓘStardust deposit, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
94.5km (58.7 miles) ⓘRed Rose Mine, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
Iron King Maruyama,S., 1967,Kurokogeology:World Mining,April, p. 15-16. McCartney,W. D., and Potter,...New York, p. 1238--1257. Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec,Canada: Can. Jour. Earth Sc., Gross,W. H., and Sijpkens...107-130. Katsuma,M.. 1967, "Harmonic mining" at Shakanimine: World Mining, April, p. 17-19. Kalliokoski,J...depositsof the Chisel Lake map-area: Geol. Surv. Canada,Mem. 342. Pap. 285. BEARING INTERMINER,4L INTRUSIONS...a 1 or 2 million year error in reported vey of Canada. SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION 1245 dates. Skepticswould
Conference Paper/Abstract
RESOURCE UPDATE MORRISON PROJECT Omineca Mining Division British Columbia Latitude: 55° 11’ N Longitude:...Services Inc. 1975 Stephens St. Vancouver, BC, Canada V6K 4M7 Tel:(604) 803-7470 Email: rgs@uniserve...property located in the Babine Lake area of British Columbia approximately 65 km northeast of the town...of Smithers and 35 km north of the village of Granisle. The Morrison deposit was discovered in 1963 by...which is situated in the Babine Lake area of British Columbia. The Morrison copper-gold porphyry deposit
Report (issue)
associated with bornite-gangue grain boundaries at Granisle, B.C. and with chalcopyrite and pyrite at Bell...correlation of gold grade with bornite content at Granisle, B.C. In some deposits such as Tanama, Puerto...(Taylor and Van Leeuwen, 1980). Magnetite and molybdenite form fracture fillings in quartz porphyry. The...(1976) to a group of porphyry deposits in British Columbia and found that porphyry copper-gold deposits...plutonic-type porphyry deposits are important in British Columbia. Figure 12 is a cartoon showing characteristics
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
west-central British Columbia hosts a number of porphyrycopperdeposits,mostsignificantly Bell, Granisle,andMorrison...studiesof stableisotopesfrom Suite of west-central British Columbia hosts several porphyrycopperdepositshave been...JamborandDelabio (1975). Studies of the Bell, Granisle,and Morrisonpropertieswere undertakenby Carsonet... (1987) studied fluid inclusionsfrom Bell and Granisle,and Cuddy and Kesler (1982) studiedgold distributionat...intrusionsare comparable,with the only signifi- and Granisle. cantdifferences beingthe intensityof the ser
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sweden Introduction Aitik is Sweden’s largest copper mine and one of Europe’s most important copper producers...3.9 g/t Ag, had been produced since mining began in 1968. The mine has a remaining reserve of 226 Mt of...pit occupies an area of about 2,500·800 m. The mining area is divided into foot wall, ore zone and hanging...but, based on observations from areas outside the mine, a volcaniclastic origin is suggested (Wanhainen...pyrite, with magnetite, pyrrhotite, bornite, molybdenite and chalcocite as minor components. These occur
Book
Province of British Columbia Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources Province of British Columbia Ministry... _ mine in British Columbia By Angus M. Gunn Graphic Design by Ted Baker Province of British Columbia...Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources British Columbia has a rich and varied mineral and fuel endowment...made a significant contribution to the growth of Canada as a nation. Over the past two decades, there has...petroleum, and natural gas so that these form British Columbia’s second largest resource industry and
Journal (issue)
antimony metal market. The Chinese have sold metal in Canada for a little over 30(' (US). Import quotes are...write or call: Sales Department, Federated Metals Division of Asarco, 120 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10005... Market news briefs _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Nippon Mining will import African blister copper starting next...group, and 10<, by the International Finance Corp. Granisle Copper's concentrator has started up at Babine...Granby Mining owns 53.7<·;, of Granisle Copper. Sumitomo Metal Mining and Mitsubishi Metal Mining lent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
observation that veins formed at T > 400 °C contain molybdenite but rarely chalcopyrite. Copper solubility drops...University, 3450 University St., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2A7 e-mail: willy-j@geosci.lan.mcgill.ca Present...3). Early veins (group I) consist of quartz + molybdenite + anhydrite ‹ K-feldspar ‹ sericite with sporadic...quartz + chalcopyrite + sericite + pyrite ‹ molybdenite ‹ bornite ‹ galena ‹ pyrrhotite ‹ titanite ‹...sericite ‹ chalcopyrite ‹ anhydrite (gypsum) ‹ molybdenite ‹ galena ‹ rutile ‹ hematite (Fig. 4, Table 1)
Report (issue)
from Los Alamos National Laboratory Chemistry Division; available at http://periodic.lanl.gov/images/periodictable.............................................. P20 Mine Waste Characteristics........................................................................ P25 Mine Closure...................................................... P11 Pie chart showing world rhenium mine production in 2012, by country and percent of world...ohm inch (Ω-in.) ohm inch (Ω-in.) International British thermal unit inch per hour per square foot per
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3C3, Canada a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...reported that this area was promising for copper mining and Khadem (1965) considered this area as one of...exoskarn include sulïŹdes (pyrite, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, chalcosite, bornite, galena, sphalerite, pyrrhotite)...Geology of the Mazraeh skarn deposit At the Mazraeh mine, the Cretaceous sedimentary and metavolcanic rocks...oxene skarn. Fig. 3. Geological map of Mazraeh mine (modiïŹed after Haj Hosseini, 1981 and Mollai, 1993)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gĂ©ologique, UniversitĂ© Laval, QuĂ©bec, QuĂ©bec G1V 0A6, Canada Center on the Geology and Engineering of Mineral...QuĂ©bec, QuĂ©bec G1V 0A6, Canada 4 Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, 490 rue de la Couronne...G1K 9A9, Canada 5 Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, 1655 3e Av, Val d’Or, QuĂ©bec J9P 1W1, Canada Abstract...porphyry Cu ± Au ± Mo and skarn deposits in British Columbia (Canada) were caused by variations in temperature...porphyry deposits near the Mount Polley Cu-Au deposit (Canada). Their study demonstrated that LDA of magnetite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
include (1) Alaska-Yukon, passinginto (2) British Columbia-Washington, (3) (eastern) Oregon-Idaho-(western)...BritSoxiE 30 years ago, Stevenson(1940) noted that ish Columbia,but as recentlyas nine years ago, most of the...1967 46,000,000 Mine Alice (B. C. Molybdenum) 8,000 Company British Columbia Molybdenum‱.Ltd., Kitsault...Kitsault, British Columbia,Canada (KennecottSubsidiary) Endako British Columbia 1965 239,000,000...Georgia St., Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada Boss Mountain British Columbia 1965 4,000,000 1,700
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz + fluorite ± molybdenite: a silicic type, quartz + fluorite ± (molybdenite), denoted by QTZ-FL...potassic type, K-feldspar + fluorite ± quartz ± molybdenite ± (biotite), denoted by QTZ-KSP-MO (Fig. 2)....bottom and labels at bottom show bends in section, mine coordinates, and location of the 480 H cross section...QTZ-KSP-MO QTZ-FL SPHAL ? Quartz Fluorite Molybdenite K-feldspar K-Na-feldspar Na-feldspar Magnetite...Mineral Assemblage (ABBREVIATION) Quartz Fluorite Molybdenite K-feldspar K-Na-feldspar Na-feldspar Magnetite
Book
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...EXAMPLES ... BC Moly (Lime Creek), British ree : The Urad-Henderson Molybdenite Deposits. Boss Mountain Molybdenum
Report (issue)
Because of the expense involved in drilling, mining concerns commonly drill enough holes to prove or...or disprove the economic viability of the mining the deposit. This process can lead to a tonnage, and...be reported because they may not be economic to mine at the time they are explored. Balancing these...often more complete because mining concerns attempt to develop long-range mine plans now. It is also more...sources listed in references) Deposit name Newmon Mine Allan (Johnson Lease) . Courtwright (Daggett Lease)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gibraltar Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum Deposit, British Columbia Christopher Kobylinski,1,† Keiko Hattori,1...K1N 6N5, Canada 2Taseko Gibraltar Mining Offices, 10251 Gibraltar Road, McLeese Lake, British Columbia...V0L 1P0, Canada 3Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8, Canada Abstract...deposit within the Guichon Creek batholith, British Columbia, Canada (D’Angelo et al., 2017; Whalen et al....porphyry Mo deposit in the Endako batholith, British Columbia, Canada (Villeneuve et al., 2001; Whalen et al
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/journal/minerals Review Extremely Re-Rich Molybdenite from Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Prospects in Northeastern...Published: 2 May 2013 Abstract: Extremely Re-rich molybdenite occurs with pyrite in sodic–calcic, sodic–sericitic...Melitena and Maronia areas, northeastern Greece. Molybdenite in the Pagoni Rachi and Sapes deposits is spatially...the intermediate molybdenite–rheniite phases. The extreme Re content in molybdenite and the unique presence...processes cannot be underestimated. Keywords: molybdenite; rhenium; rheniite; porphyry; post-subduction;
Journal (issue)
Weekly Price A uthority Published by Engineering and Mining Journal Since 1930 VOL. 35 NEW YORK, J UNE U...apanese zinc refining industry, according to Mitsui Mining. More phosphate rock output is scheduled at San...San Fran cisco Chemical's Randolph , Utah, mine. The company plans a soc-, boost- from 2000 to 3000 tpd-...program. A Canadian copper ore body- owned by Granisle Copper- will undergo scrutiny by Japanese technicians...the project, pending findings. Granby Mining o,vns 86<; of Granisle. Silver-lead-zinc properties at Park
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of some species, and the association of weak molybdenite mineralization are compatible with the activity...8, p. 732), and the Granisle and Bell porphyry copper deposits in British Columbia. Cloke and Kesler (1979)...chemical analyses of HT fluid inclusions from the Granisle porphyry copper deposit, provided further data...(we would add the possible exception of the Naica Mine, if we take into account the small halite grains...halite crystals were or were not found in the Naica mine, the first confident report of halite and sylvite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrences include thorite, Th-rich monazite, molybdenite and wolframite which is restricted to the greisen...at prophyry copper deposits (abs.) Geol. Assoc. Canada, Annual Meeting, Vancouver 2:11 (1977) Jackson...geochemistry of the Granisle land Bell porphyry copper deposits, British Columbia. Econ. Geol. 75:45-61...(1980) Woodcock, J.R.; Hollister, V.E; Porphyry molybdenite deposits of the North American Cordillera. Mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusions (eight) in an early deep quartz – molybdenite vein with a K-feldspar selvage have similar compositions...detectable concentrations of Mo even though one is molybdenite-bearing. Low-salinity, CO2-bearing aqueous fluids...of a stockwork of barren quartz and quartz– molybdenite veins with thin K-feldspar envelopes. These veins...(Rusk, 2003). Barren quartz veins and quartz molybdenite veins with narrow K-feldspar selvages (deeper...selvages (Fig. 2). Barren quartz and quartz– molybdenite veins have similar distributions within the deposit
Report (volume)
Porphyry Copper Deposits, Highland Valley, British Columbia By Norman J Page, Joseph A. Briskey, and Leung...Porphyry Copper Deposits, Highland Valley, British Columbia, by Norman J Page, Joseph A. Briskey, and...became the essential role of geologists in the USGS Division of Mineral Resources; these geologists also collected...sequence of carbonate rocks in northeastern British Columbia was attributed to mixing of anoxic seawater...geologic framework of barite resources: Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Transactions, sec. A, v. 93, p.
Report (issue)
Alteration-mineral assemblages in the Copper Mountain (British Columbia, Canada) and El Teniente (Chile) porphyry copper...late-stage veins in the Maggie deposit in British Columbia (Canada), together with a polymetallic assemblage...which will vary with the price of copper and local mining costs. At Dos Pobres, Arizona, from the top of...chalcocite. By-product minerals frequently include molybdenite and native gold. Other associated minerals may...± bornite, with pyrite and minor amounts of molybdenite. In some deposits, there is an advanced argillic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
zone; Fig. 2). It is one of the country’s richest mining districts because of its proven economic value...performed at Activation Laboratories in Ontario, Canada. The analytical process for major elements, trace...Fig. 4c), which is characterized by quartz + molybdenite + chalcopyrite, formed after the early stage...and they are associated with the deposition of molybdenite. They lack K-feldspar 413 X. Li and M. Sasaki...least-altered host rock phylllite, (c) quartz-molybdenite-chalopyrite vein (B vein) cut by quartz-pyrite
 
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