Lower Liard Crossing Fluorite - Witherite Deposit
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Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Argillite — Argillite, Limestone
- Orebody form
- TABULAR
Northerly Trending Anticline Adjacent To The Area Of Mineralization
Disconformity Between Argillite And Limestone
Mining history
- Status
- Occurrence
- Discovered
- 1953
- First production
- 1969
Records and references
WOODCOCK, J.R., AND SMITHERINGALE, W.V., 1957, FLUORITE - WITHERITE DEPOSIT AT LOWER LIARD CROSSING, BRITISH COLUMBIA, IN THE GEOLOGY OF CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS: CAN. INST. MINING AND METALLURGY, 6TH COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS, P. 244- 247. WILLIAMS, M.Y., 1944, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA PAPER 44-28.1944 GEOLMAP GEOL. SURV., CANADA, WILLIAMS, M.Y.1953 GEOCHEM INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIV., DEPT. MINES & TECH. SURV. WOODCOCK, J.R. AND SMITHERINGALE, W.V., 1957, FLUORITE - WITHERITE DEPOSIT
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10069444 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 59.43322, -126.11845
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