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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Surface
- Workings
- Surface
- Discovered
- 1957
Records and references
SEE BIB. REF. 001-003, 004-006, 007-011, 029-030, 031-033,034-037, 038-041, 044-047, 050-052, 055-057, 058-060,061-063. LINDER, H., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE SCHAFT CREEK PORPHYRYCOPPER-MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT, NORTHWESTERN B.C., CIM BULL.,VOL. 68, NO. 758, P. 49-63. MINERAL POLICY SECTOR, 1978, ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCESCANADA REPORT ENTITLED BIRD (LIARD COPPER) (SCHAFTCREEK), 3 P. GOLDER ASSOC., 1980, DEPOSIT PROFILE SCHAFT CREEK BRITISHCOLUMBIA, CANADA: CONFIDENTIAL REPORT PREPARED FOR U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM BY GOLDERASSOC., CONSULTING MINING AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS,CONTRACT NO. J02950059, 12 P. FOX, P.E., GROVE. E.W., SERAPHIM, R.H., AND SUTHERLANDBROWN, A., 1978, SCHAFT CREEK: PAPER 21 IN PORPHYRYDEPOSITS OF THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUMENO. 15, P. 219-226. SERAPHIM, R.H., SUTHERLAND BROWN, A., AND GROVE, E.W., 1976,GEOLOGY OF THE SCHAFT CREEK PORPHYRY COPPER-MOLYDBENUMDEPOSIT, NORTHWESTERN B.C.: DISCUSSION OF A PAPER BYH. LINDER ALONG WITH AN AUTHOR'S REPLY, CIM BULL., VOL.69, NO. 771, P. 96-102. SEE BIBLIOGRAPHIC REF. 001-003. SUTHERLAND BROWN, A., 1969, MINERALIZATION IN BRITISHCOLUMBIA AND THE COPPER AND MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS: CIMBULL., VOL. 62, P. 26, 37. WESTERN MINER, JULY, 1973, P. 42-43. METALS SOURCEBOOK, JUNE, 1978, PAGES UNKNOWN. NORTHERN MINER, DEC. 14, 1978, P. 1, 10. CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, JAN., 1979, P. 12. WORLD MINING, JAN., 1979, P. 83. BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPT. OF MINES ANNUAL REPORT, 1966, P. 26-31 PLUS MAP. GROVE, E.W., 1968, BIRD, SNO: IN BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPT. OFMINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES, LODE METALS IN BRITISHCOLUMBIA 1968, P. 39-41. SUTHERLAND BROWN, A., 1970, SNO, BIRD (LIARD COPPER): INBRITISH COLUMBIA DEPT. OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES,GEOLOGY, EXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1970,P. 17, 49-57 PLUS MAP. DUDAS, B.M., 1971, SND, BIRD (LIARD COPPER): IN BRITISHCOLUMBIA DEPT. OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES, GEOLOGY,EXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1971, P. 18,39-40. ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, 1971, CANADIAN MINERALSYEARBOOK 1971, P. 137. GROVE, E.W., 1974, LIARD COPPER (BIRD, SN0: IN BRITISHEXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1974, P. 337-338. ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, 1975, CANADIAN MINERALSYEARBOOK, MINERAL REPORT 25, P. 187. BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES,1975, LIARD COPPER (BIRD, SNO): IN EXPLORATION IN BRITISHCOLUMBIA 1975, P. E184. REPORT OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COPPER TASK FORCE, P. 24, 65APPEN. V.1976, LIARD COPPER (BIRD, SNO): IN EXPLORATION IN BRITISHCOLUMBIA 1976, P. E184-E185.1977, LIARD COPPER (BIRD, SNO): IN EXPLORATION IN BRITISHCOLUMBIA 1977, P. E224. ANNIS, R.C., CRANSTONE, D.A., AND VALLEE, M., 1978, A SURVEYOF KNOWN MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEINGMINED: ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MR181, P. 49. BRITISH COLUMBIA & YUKON CHAMBER OF MINES, 1979, MININGEXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, 1978-79, BRITISHCOLUMBIA-YUKON, P. 26. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1977-78, P. 180. THE FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES, 1977, P. 159.E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESS-ING OPERATIONS, 1978, P. 92, 233. EMR CANADA, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE. SEE BIB. REF. 001-003, 004-006, 007-011, 012-015, 034-037. SEE BIB. REF. 001-003, 004-006, 007-011, 012-015, 016-020.029-030, 031-033, 034-037, 044-047. SEE BIB. REF. 001-003. SEE BIB. REF. 025, 026, 027, 028, 064-066. YEARBOOK 1975: MINERAL REPORT 25, P. 187. COPPER-MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT, NORTHWESTERN B.C.: CIM BULL.,FOX, P.E., GROVE, E.W., SERAPHIM, R.H., AND SUTHERLANDBROWN, A., 1976, SCHAFT CREEK: PAPER 21 IN PORPHYRYCANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1986-87, NORTHERN MINER PRESS,P.244. TECK CORP., 1980 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 10. TECK CORP., 1981 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 14. TECK CORP., 1982 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 11. TECK CORP., 1983 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 12. EMR CANADA, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN1989, MR 223, NOV. 1989, P. BC 332. NORTHERN MINER MAGAZINE, A BILLION-TON COPPER DEPOSIT,MAY 1987, P. 59.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10279223 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 57.36508, -130.99354
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