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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Surface
- Workings
- Surface
- Discovered
- 1955
Records and references
ALLEN, D.G., A. PANTELEYEV AND A.T. ARMSTRONG. GALORECREEK. PORPHYRY DEPOSITS OF THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA,CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 15, 1976, PP. 402-414. BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCESLODE METALS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1965, P 24-29. CANADIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1971. MINERAL RESOURCES BRANCH,DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, OTTAWA, P.137. ECONOMIC MINERALS OF WESTERN CANADA. ECONOMIC GEOLOGYREPORT NO 1, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, 1970, P 511-513MCMYNN, J.E. ET AL. REPORT OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COPPERTASK FORCE, 1975, P 24, 65-66. WHITE, W.H. ET AL. POTASSIUM-ARGON AGES OF SOME ORE DEPOSITSIN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CIM BULLETIN, NOVEMBER 1968. EXPLORATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. PROVINCE OF BRITISHCOLUMBIA MINISTRY OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES, 1976. GOLDER ASSOCIATES, GALORE CREEK, DEPOSIT PROFILE PREPAREDUNDER CONTRACT FOR THE U.S. BUMINES, MARCH 1980, 10 P. BARR, D.A., THE GALORE CREEK COPPER DEPOSITS; CIM BULL.,JULY, 1966, P.841-853. THE NORTHERN MINER, 10/1/90, P. 5. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1979-1980, P.265. CMH 1985-86, P. 381. EMR CANADA, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN1983, MAY 1983, MR 198, P. 249.1989, NOV. 1989, MR 223, P.B.C. 330.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10232662 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 57.13307, -131.45605
Nearby rockhounding locations
- Galore Creek - Middle Creek — CopperBC · 0.8 mi
- Galore Ck - West Fork Glacier — Copper, GoldBC · 1.3 mi
- Galore Creek - Southwest — Copper, SilverBC · 1 mi
- Galore Creek - North Rim — Copper, GoldBC · 1.4 mi
- Steep Creek — GoldBC · 2 mi
- Galore Creek - Junction — Copper, GoldBC · 1.2 mi
Recommended Gear

Estwing E3-22P Rock Pick
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
The classic pocket reference for identifying over 600 rocks and minerals in North America.
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