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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Underground
- Workings
- Underground
- Discovered
- 1979
Records and references
*CRU MONITOR, LEAD, AUG. 1991, P. 8. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,P.88NORTHERN MINER, CYPRUS ANVIL, HUDSON'S BAY OIL LEAD-ZINC-SILVER DISCOVERY; AUG. 2, 1979, P.A24. NORTHERN MINER, SUBSTANTIAL PROFIT FOR CYPRUS ANVIL; AUG.23,1979, P.3. WALL STREET JOURNAL, HUDSON'S BAY OIL GIVES MORE DETAILS ONFIND OF LEAD, ZINC, SILVER; NOV.? , 1979, P.?WORLD MINING, DEC. 1981, P. 68-69E/MJ, MAY 1982, P. 13.E/MJ, JAN. 1980, P. 11-12. NORTHERN MINER, FEBL 19, 1981, P. 24. NORTHERN MINER, AUG. 23, 1979, P. 3. WESTERN MINER, JAN. 1981, P. 55-56. CYPRUS ANVIL, 1979-80 ANNUAL REPORT AND INTERIM REPORTS. CYPRUS ANVIL, APRIL 15, 1979, PROSPECTUS. MACINTYRE, D.G., JAN. 1981, NORTHEAST BRITISH COLUMBIA,CIRQUE BA-ZN-PB-AG DEPOSIT (94F/6, 11), BRITISHCOLUMBIA MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES. MACINTYRE, D.G., MARCH 12, 1980, GEOLOGIC SETTING OFRECENTLY DISCOVERED SHALE-HOSTED BARITE-LEAD-ZINCOCCURRENCES, NORTHEAST BRITISH COLUMBIA, P. 1-11. SPATE OF NEW MINES, OCTOBER 10, 1980, MINING JOURNAL, P. 286
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10279214 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 57.49987, -125.13494
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