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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Operation type
- Surface
- Workings
- Surface
- Discovered
- 1962
- First production
- 1981
Records and references
B.C. DEPT. OF MINES & PET. RES., G.E.M., 1969, 1970, 1971. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80. PP. 128-129. FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES 1978. P. 179. ROBERTS, RICHARD J. TECK TO BRING IN HIGHMONT FOURTH NEWMINE IN 6 YEARS. NORTHERN MINER, APR. 26, 1979, PP. 1,7ANNIS, R.C., D.A. CRANSTONE AND M. VALLEE, A SURVEY OF KNOWNMINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERALS, MR 181,1978P.38,39. MCMILLAN, W.J., GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE HIGHLAND VALLEYORE DEPOSITS AND THE GUICHON CREEK BATHOLITH, CIMSPECIAL VOLUME NO. 15, 1976, PP. 85-104. WESTERN MINER, VOL. 52, NO. 6, JUNE 1979, P. 48. BROWN, A.S., MINERALIZATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THECOPPER AND MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS, CIM BULLETIN, JANUARY1969, PP. 26-29. MAYRS, BILL, THE VALLEY OF COPPER; HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPERGIANTS FIND BIGGER IS BETTER: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL,SEPT. 1986, P. 21-23. SCALES, MARILYN, GRINDING OUT PROFIT; COPPER, MOLY AND COALMIX WELL FOR LORNEX: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, NOV. 1986,P. 37-38. HANSON, POUL, HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER - A STRATEGY FORINCREASED PRODUCTIVITY: CIM BULL., AUG. 1987, VOL. 80,NO. 904, P. 42-45. MAYCOCK, JOYCE, CUTTING HAULAGE COSTS WITH NEW CONVEYORSYSTEM: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, AUG. 1987, P. 26-27. RAYMOND, G.F. AND ARMSTRONG, W.P., SAMPLE BIAS ANDCONDITIONAL PROBABILITY ORE RESERVE ESTIMATION AT VALLEY:CIM BULL., MARCH 1988, VOL. 81, NO. 911, P. 128-136. SCOTT, M.D., HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER'S IN-PIT CRUSHING ANDCONVEYING SYSTEM: CIM BULL., SEPT. 1988, VOL. 81, NO. 917,P. 50-56. NEWCOMEN, H. WARREN AND MARTIN, DENNIS C., GEOTECHNICALASSESSMENT OF THE SOUTHEAST WALL SLOPE FAILURE AT HIGHMONTMINE, BRITISH COLUMBIA: CIM BULL., SEPT. 1988, VOL. 81,NO. 917, P. 71-76. ANON, HIGHMONT MILL MOVES DOWN THE HILL... ON PURPOSE!:E&MJ, OCT. 1988, P. 11. WALKER, SIMON, HIGHLAND VALLEY THE PROFITABLE COMBINATION:INTERNATIONAL MINING, OCT. 1988, P. 20-23. SCOTT, M.D., HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER - TRUCK, CRUSH, CONVEY:WORLD MINING EQUIPMENT, JAN. 1989, P. 18-21.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10206030 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 50.44153, -120.92625
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- Ind — CopperBC · 1.5 mi
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