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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Operation type
- Surface
- Workings
- Surface
- Discovered
- 1965
- First production
- 1971
Records and references
B.C. DEPT. OF MINES AND PET. RES., GEM, 1969, 1970, 1973. BROWN, C.M., W.D. LENTON AND D.L. RUSSEL, UTAH MINES LIMITEDISLAND COPPER MINE; MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIMSPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.127-130,323-325. BROWN, CHRIS, ET AL. ISLAND COPPER MINE. WESTERN MINER,DEC. 1974, PP. 12-24. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOKS, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1978-79. CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. NOV. 1973, P. 35; DEC. 1973, P.37;FEB. 1974. CANADIAN RESERVES OF COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM,SILVER AND GOLD AS OF JAN. 1, 1978, MR 185. UTAH MINESLTD. P. 16. CARGILL, D.G., J. LAMB, M.J. YOUNG AND E.S. RUGG. ISLANDCOPPER, ED. BY A. SUTHERLAND BROWN. PORPHYRY DEPOSITSOF THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 15, 1976,PP. 206-238. MAMEN, C. ISLAND COPPER--ECOLOGY WISE. CANADIAN MININGJOURNAL, JULY 1973, PP. 31-33. MINING MAGAZINE. ISLAND COPPER PROJECT. OCT. 1972,PP. 344-349. NORTHCOTE, K.E. NANAIMO MINING DIVISION, RUPERT INLET-CAPESCOTT MAP--AREA. B.C. DEPT. OF MINES AND PET. RES.,GEM, 1970, PP. 254-258, 267-269. WESTERN MINER. BRITISH COLUMBIA--GOLD IS VERY IMPORTANTBYPRODUCT AT UTAH'S ISLAND COPPER MINE, FEB.,1974, P.68. UTAH MINES LTD. STAFF, ISLAND COPPER MINE; IN MINERALINDUSTRIES IN WESTERN CANADA, THE TENTH COMMONWEALTHMINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS- SEPT. 2-28, 1974,SECTION VI, ARTICLE T, P.1-10. CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, ISLAND COPPER LOWERS TRUCKING COSTSWITH INSTALLATION OF NEW CONVEYOR, MAR. 1985, P. 10. ROBERTSON, RICHARD B. AND WOOD, WILLIAM P., IN-PIT CRUSHINGAND CONVEYING SYSTEM AT THE ISLAND COPPER MINE, BRITISHCOLUMBIA, CANADA; PAPER PRESENTED AT AMC MINING CONVENTIONSEPT. 25, 1985. BROWN, C.M., AND PIPKE, M.A., ISLAND COPPER GRINDING CIRCUIT-A PROGRESS REVIEW, MINERALS AND METALLURGICAL PROCESSING;MAY 1986, P. 122-136. METALS WEEK, 5/1/89, P. 7. MINING JOURNAL, 4/21/89, P. 307. MINING JOURNAL, 5/19/89, P. 387. THE NORTHERN MINER MAGAZINE, "OPEN PIT GIANTS OF BRITISHCOLUMBIA", 7/92, PP. 11-13. THE NORTHERN MINER, 5/3/93, PP. 1, 2. BARRATT, DEREK J., SEMI-AUTOGENOUS GRINDING: A COMPARISONWITH THE CONVENTIONAL ROUTE; CIM BULL., NOV., 1979P.74-80. WORLD MINING, 1977, PORT HARDY COPPER DEPOSIT OF UTAH MINESINCREASES RESERVES, MARCH, P.79. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1986-87, NORTHERN MINER PRESS,P.378. MINE RESERVES AND CURRENTLY PROMISING DEPOSITS, JAN. 1985,EMR CANADA, MR 209, P. 21. BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY CO. LTD., 1989 ANNUAL REPORT,STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT, P. 5. NORTHERN MINER-MARCH 9,1992, P-3. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 4/90, P. 52.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10279222 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 50.59975, -127.47646
Nearby rockhounding locations
- Road — Copper, MolybdenumBC · 0.6 mi
- M34 East — Copper, MolybdenumBC · 1 mi
- Bay 29 — Iron, CopperBC · 0.9 mi
- Bay 49 — Manganese, RhodoniteBC · 1.3 mi
- Yankee Girl — Iron, CopperBC · 1 mi
- M34 South — Copper, MolybdenumBC · 1.1 mi
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
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