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Granduc

CA / BC
56.21647, -130.35177View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Granduc is a historic mining site in British Columbia, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Cobalt, Copper. The site was discovered in 1951; production began in 1971; workings are underground.

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ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteCobaltCopperGalenaGoldMagnetitePyritePyrrhotiteQuartzSilverSphaleriteTourmalineZircon

Mining history

Status
Past Producer
Operation type
Underground
Workings
Underground
Discovered
1951
First production
1971

Records and references

Cited references

B.C. DEPT OF MINES AND PET. RES., G.E.M., 1973, PP. 24, 497. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-79. NEWMONT MINES LTD. P. 202. CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS. CANADIAN RESERVES OFCOPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLD,AS OF JAN. 1, 1978. P. 16. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. GRANDUC APPROACHES INITIALPRODUCT STAGE. SEPT. 1970, PP. 109-113. MATTSON, R.S. AND J.A. COX. SUBLEVEL CAVING AND DRAWCONTROL PROCEDURES AT GRANDUC. CIM BULLETIN, APRIL 1973NATIONAL ATLAS OF CANADA, 1969. SKILLINGS. ESSO MINERALS CANADA TO REOPEN GRANDUC COPPERPROPERTY. MARCH 1979, P. 21. WESTERN MINER. GRANDUC MINE TO REOPEN UNDER ESSO AGREEMENT. MARCH 1979, P. 34. WESTERN MINER. GRANDUC PERFORMANCE IMPROVES. JUNE 73, P.52EYLES, N. AND R.G. ROGERSON, CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, JULY,1977, P.32. WESTERN MINER, MINING OPERATIONS DEPEND ON SNOW-CLEARINGIDEA; FEB., 1974, P.46,47. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, GRANDUC MAKES ITS MARK INMINING EVEN BEFORE PRODUCTION STARTS; SEPT., 1969,P.266,267. WESTERN MINER, GRANDUC IMPROVEMENT, AUG., 1973, P.43. WESTERN MINER, GRANDUC OPERATING COMPANY, MAR., 1975, P.32. MEYKNECHT, J.J.M., GRANDUC; D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN MILLINGPRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978,P.112-113MR 223, 1989, B.C. 318.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10255601view the source record

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Coordinates: 56.21647, -130.35177

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