Rock Candy Fluorspar Mine

CA / BC

•49.26080, -118.48870View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Rock Candy Fluorspar Mine is a historic mining site in British Columbia, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe a Replacement deposit hosted in Syenite. Reported specimens include Barite, Calcite, Chert, Copper, Fluorite, Galena; gangue is recorded as Barite, Calcite, Chert, Kaolin, Pyrite, Quartz. The site was discovered in 1916; production began in 1918.

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BariteCalciteChertCopperFluoriteGalenaKaolinPyriteQuartz

Geology and deposit

Deposit type: Replacement
Host rock: Syenite
Associated rock: Syenite — Syenite, Plutonic Rock
Orebody form: LINEAR
Deposit model: 175: Barite-fluorite veins

Gangue minerals

BariteCalciteChertKaolinPyriteQuartz

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Discovered: 1916
First production: 1918

Records and references

Cited references

BARTLEY, C.M., 1961, FLUORSPAR, CAN. DEPT. OF MINES AND TECH. SURVEYS, MINES BRANCH INFO. CIRC. IC 127, P. 50-51. DOLMAGE, V., 1929, GRAND FORKS MINING DIVISION; ROCK CANDY: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CANADA, ECON. GEOL. SERIES NO. 6, P. 22 - 281929 GEOLMAP GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CANADA (V. DOLMAGEBritish Columbia Minfile database, 2009, Minfile record number 082ESE070

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10069442 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 49.26080, -118.48870

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