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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Operation type
- Surface
- Workings
- Surface
- Discovered
- 1964
- First production
- 1972
Records and references
B.C. DEPT. OF MINES AND PET. RES., GEM, 1973, P. 169. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-79. LORNEX MINING CORP. LTD.P. 176. CANADIAN RESERVES OF COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM,SILVER AND GOLD AS OF JAN. 1, 1978, MR 185. LORNEXMINING CORP. LTD. P. 16. COAKLEY, GEORGE J. REPORT ON FIELD TRIP TO HIGHLAND VALLEY,B.C. COPPER DISTRICT, APR. 27-29, 1977. PRINTED JULY14, 1977, PP. 12-22. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. LORNEX. SEPT. 1969, P. 197FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES 1978. LORNEX MININGCORPORATION LTD. P. 213. MAMEN, CHRIS. LORNEX--300M TONS ON TAP. CANADIAN MININGMCMANUS, JAMES, ALLEN R. PAUL AND FRANK YU. PROCESS CONTROLIN LORNEX GRINDING CIRCUIT. CIM BULLETIN, MAY 1978,PP. 146-151. MINING MAGAZINE. LORNEX. MAR. 1973, PP. 154-163. RENO, C.W. THE LORNEX MINING PROJECT AND HIGHLAND VALLEY,B.C. CIM BULLETIN, OCT. 1973, PP. 55-57. WALDNER, M.W., G.D. SMITH AND R.D. WILLIS. LORNEX, ED. BYA. SUTHERLAND BROWN. PORPHYRY DEPOSITS OF THE CANADIANCORDILLERA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 15, 1976, PP. 120-129. WARREN, N.F. LORNEX--A CASE HISTORY. WESTERN MINER, APR.1972, PP. 110-115. WEBSTER, LEN. MAINTENANCE: AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE TOOPERATIONS. CMJ, JUNE 1977, PP. 27-34. WESTERN MINER. LORNEX MINING CORPORATION LTD. AUG. 1972,PP. 35-41, 44-53. WESTERN MINER. LORNEX MINING CORP. MAR. 1975, P. 32. WORLD MINING (U.S. ED.). LORNEX STRIPS 173,000 TONS ON BESTDAY--BUILDS 38,000 DAILY TON MILL. NOV. 1973, PP. 42-43WORLD MINING. JUNE 1975, P. 59. NORTHERN MINER, LORNEX TO INCREASE CAPACITY, BOOST PAYOUT;OCT. 25, 1979, P.1,6. LORNEX MINING CORP. LTD. STAFF, LORNEX MINING CORP. LTD.;IN MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN WESTERN CANADA, THE TENTHCOMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLALURGICAL CONGRESS- SEPT.2-28, 1974, SECTION VI, ARTICLE M, P.1-17. MINING JOURNAL, MAJOR EXPANSION PLANNED FOR LORNEX; NOV.2,1979, P.377. COBBAN, GILLIAN, WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL AUTOGENOUS MILL INLORNEX EXPANSION; NORTHERN MINER, NOV. 29, 1979, P.D34,D3WESTERN MINER, LORNEX HAS $160-MILLION EXPANSION UNDER WAY;DEC., 1979, P.38, 39. ARMSTRONG, ROBERT D., THE IMPORTANCE OF LORENEX TO THEKAMLOOPS AREA; WESTERN MINER, JUNE, 1971, PP. 22-27. THIRGOOD, J.V., AND W.F. GILMORE, AN APPROACH TO LANDRECLAMATION AT THE LORNEX MINING PROJECT; WESTERN MINER,AUGUST, 1971, PP. 48-55. WESTERN MINER, LARGE EQUIPMENT ECONOMICS HELP AT LORNEXMINING OPERATION; JAN., 1977, P. 16. WESTERN MINER, LORNEX ACHIEVES HIGH RECOVERY; AUGUST, 1972,P. 81. MINING MAGAZINE, LORNEX, B.C., PROGRESS; APRIL, 1972, P. 245NORTHERN MINER, LORNEX MILLING REACHES RECORD RATE LASTYEAR; MARCH 22, 1979, P. 13. WORLD MINING, LORNEX TO EXPAND HIGHLAND VALLEY MINE; APRIL,1980, P. 72. CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, LORNEX TO SPEND $160 MILLION ONEXPANSION; FEB., 1980, P. 18.1979-1980 WORLD MINES REGISTER, LORNEX MINING CORP. LTD.;P. 71. WESTERN MINER, LORNEX PERFORMANCE IMPROVES; JUNE, 1973,P. 54. WORLD MINING, LORNEX MINING CORP. OPERATES AT RECORD RATEDURING 1973; APRIL, 1974, P. 76. WORLD MINING, JULY, 1977, P. 68. WORLD MINING, MARCH, 1973. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1977-1978, LORNEX MINING CORP. LTD.;P. 184.B.C. DEPT. OF MINES AND PET. RES., GEM, 1969, P. 260. DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES, OTTAWA, MIN. RES. BRANCH, UNPUB. SUMMARY REPORT: LORNEX; APRIL, 1978. NORTHERN MINER, LORNEX STUDIES 50% EXPANSION IN PRODUCTION;APRIL 26, 1979, P. 3.E/MJ, MAY, 1977, P. 151. WESTERN MINER, RIO ALGOM MINES LIMITED, LORNEX MININGCORPORATION LTD.; NOV., 1972, P. 47. 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. MCMANUS, J., G.R. WYMAN AND C.W. RENO, LORNEX MININGCORPORATION LTD.; D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN MILLING PRACTICEIN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.318,319. RENO, C.W., G.R. WYMAN AND J. MCMANUS, LORNEX MINING CORP. LTD., D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA,CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.116-118. BARRATT, DEREK J., SEMI-AUTOGENOUS GRINDING; A COMPARISONWITH THE CONVENTIONAL ROUTE; CIM BULL., NOV., 1979,P.74-80. NORTHERN MINER, LORNEX SET FOR EXPANSION TO INCREASE OUTPUT68%; MARCH 27, 1980, P. 4.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10133186 — view the source record
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Coordinates: 50.44983, -121.03876
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