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Brenda

CA / BC
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Brenda is a historic mining site in British Columbia, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Biotite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Epidote. The site was discovered in 1947; production began in 1970; workings are surface.

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Found Here

BiotiteBorniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperEpidoteFeldsparGoldMagnetiteMolybdenitePyriteQuartzSilverSphalerite

Mining history

Status
Past Producer
Operation type
Surface
Workings
Surface
Discovered
1947
First production
1970

Records and references

Cited references

BRADBURN, R.G. BRENDA MINES CONCENTRATOR. MILLING PRACTICEIN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, PP. 88-91. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-79. P. 46. CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS. CANADIAN RESERVES OFCOPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLDAS OF JAN. 1, 1978. P. 15. FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES 1978. P. 104. MINING MAGAZINE. BRENDA MINE. JUNE 1972, PP. 416-423. SCHABAS, WILLIAM. MILL COMPUTER, ANALYZER BOOST BRENDAPRODUCTIVITY. CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 1978, P. 52WORLD MINING. BRENDA STRIPPING ON SCHEDULE AT BRITISHCOLUMBIA.... JULY 1969, P. 23. WESTERN MINER, BRENDA MINES SEEKS CONTROLLED EFFICIENCY;V. 52, NO. 5, MAY 1979. PP. 33-30. LANG, A.H., HISTORICAL SIDELIGHTS OF BRENDA MINE AND REGION,PART I; CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MARCH, 1970, P.41-43. PART II(A); CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MAY, 1970, P.45-48. PART II(B); CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, JULY, 1970, P.54-58. CARR, J.M., THE GEOLOGY OF THE BRENDA LAKE AREA, BRITISHCOLUMBIA DEPT. OF MINES & PET. RES., G.E.M., 1967,P.183-210. BRADBURN, R., ET. AL. COMPUTER APPLICATION AT BRENDA MINESMILL. CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MARCH 1978, PP.32, 35. BRITISH COLUMBIA AND YUKON CHAMBER OF MINES. MINING EXPLOR-ATION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, 1978-79, P. 5. BRITISH COLUIMBIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOUR-CES. GEOLOGY, EXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRITISH COLUM-BIA, 1970, P. 391. BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOUR-CES. GEOLOGY EXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRITISH COLUM-BIA, 1971, PP. 13, 28. BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES. EXPLORATION IN BRITISH COLUIMBIA, 1975, P. E78. CES. LODE METALS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1965, PP. 164-165. CES. LODE METALS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1968, P. 215. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK. 1979-80, P. 45. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK. 1980-81. PP.44-45. CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. MILL COMPUTER, ANALYZER BOOSTBRENDA PRODUCTIVITY. V. 99, NO. 6, 1978, PP. 54-57. CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. REFERENCE MANUAL AND BUYERS'GUIDE, 1979, PP. 33-39. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES. MINERALS RESOUR-CES BRANCH. CANADIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1971, P. 129. ENERGY, MINES AND RESOUCES CANADA. COPPER. MR 149, JULY1976, PP. 8, 13. FARLEY, A. L. ATLAS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE UNIVERSITY OFBRITISH COLUMBIA, 1979, PP. 72-76. FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES. 1979, P. 26. FOUNTAIN, D. K. THE APPLICATION OF THE INDUCED POLARIZATIONMETHOD AT BRENDA MINES, BRITISH COLUMBIA. C.I.M. BULLE-TIN, FEBRUARY 1968, PP. 153-157. MCMYNN, ET. AL. REPORT OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COPPER TASKFORCE. 1975, PP. 61, 65. SOREGAROLI, A. E. GEOLOGY OF THE BRENDA COPPER-MOLYBDENUMDEPOSIT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. C.I.M. BULLETIN, V. 67,NO. 750, OCTOBER 1974, PP. 76-83. TETU, H. AND PELLS, F. DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND INITIALOPERATION OF THE TAILINGS SYSTEM AT BRENDA MINES LTD.C.I.M. BULLETIN, AUGUST 1971, PP. 101-107. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OFOF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. 1980, PP.37, 232. BRENDA MINES LTD. STAFF, BRENDA MINES LTD. IN MINERALINDUSTRIES IN WESTERN CANADA, THE TENTH COMMONWEALTHMINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS- SEPT. 2-28, 1974,SECTION VI, ARTICLE H, P.1-17. NORANDA MINERALS INC., 1989 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 9. NORANDA MINERALS INC., 1990 ANNUAL REPORT. SOREGAROLI, A.E. AND D.F. WHITFORD, BRENDA; A. SUTHERLANDBROWN, ED., PORPHYRY DEPOSITS OF THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA,CIM SPECIAL VOLUME NO. 15, 1976, P.186-194. WESTERN MINER, COMPUTER CONTROL OF GRINDING CIRCUITSIMPROVES OUTPUT AT BRENDA MINES. V. 49, NO. 9, SEPTEM-BER 1976, P. 14. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1980-81, PP. 44-45. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1986-87, NORTHERN MINER PRESS, P.69. MINE RESERVES AND CURRENTLY PROMISING DEPOSITS, JAN., 1985,EMR CANADA, MR 209, P. 21. NORANDA INC., 1989 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 23. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, BRENDA PLANTS A NEW BENCH-MARK IN LOW-GRADE BULK OPEN PITTING; SEPT., 1969, P.280.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10181791view the source record

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