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Mother Lode Claim

CA / BC
49.11230, -118.71880View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Mother Lode Claim is a historic mining site in British Columbia, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Schist. Reported specimens include Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Platinum; logged ore minerals are Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite. Production is recorded for 1901 - 1918.

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Found Here

ChalcopyriteCopperGalenaGoldMolybdenitePlatinumPyriteSilverSphalerite

Geology and deposit

Host rock
Schist
Ore minerals
ChalcopyriteGalenaMolybdenitePyriteSphalerite

Mining history

Status
Past Producer
Production size
Small
Production years
1901 - 1918

Records and references

Cited references

O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 104ANNUAL REPT. B. C. DEPT. MINE FOR 1917, P. 201British Columbia Minfile database, 2009, Minfile record number 082ESE034.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10038738view the source record

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Coordinates: 49.11230, -118.71880

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