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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Surface
- Workings
- Surface
- Discovered
- 1962
Records and references
ANNIS, 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 181,1978,P.45. NORTHERN MINER, NEW CANAMIN OPTIONS KENNECOTT GROUND, 6/8/92P. 9. THE NORTHERN MINER, 7/6/92, P. 6. THE NORTHERN MINER, 10/5/92, P. 12. THE NORTHERN MINER, 11/9/92, P. 1, 10. THE NORTHERN MINER, 1/4/93, P. 15. THE NORTHERN MINER, 2/1/93, P. 3. THE NORTHERN MINER, 3/22/93, P. 6. THE NORTHERN MINER, 5/3/93, P. 16. THE NORTHERN MINER, 11/8/93, P. 14. THE NORTHERN MINER, 1/3/94, P. 10. THE NORTHERN MINER, 5/9/94, P. 16. THE NORTHERN MINER, 5/30/94, P. 20. THE NORTHERN MINER, 6/20/94, P. 3. MINING JOURNAL, 7/8/94, P. 20. AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V 103/N 177, 9/14/95, P.6. AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V 103/N 188, 9/29/95, P.12. SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT, #676, 10/95, P.10A,11A. AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V 103/N 215, 11/7/95, P.8. AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V 103/N 250, P.2. JAMES, DONALD H., HUCKLEBERRY; A. SUTHERLAND BROWN, ED.,PORPHYRY DEPOSITS OF THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA, CIM SPECIALVOLUME 15, 1976, P.284-288. AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V103 / N81, 4/27/95, P.6. JAMES, DONALD H. HUCKLEBERRY; A. SUTHERLAND BROWN, ED.,IN PORPHYRY DEPOSITS OF THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA, CIMSPECIAL VOL. 15, 1976, PP. 284-288. EMR CANADA, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN1983, MAY 1983, MR 198, P. 236.1989, MR 223, NO. 1989, P. BC 214. MINING JOURNAL, 9/9/94, P.180. MINING MAGAZINE, 10/94, P.230. PRINCETON MINING CORP., PRESS RELEASE, 1/26/95. PRINCETON MINING CORP., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P.11. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V196 / N3, 3/95, P. WW7.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10278880 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 53.68038, -127.17376
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