Summers Creek

CA / BC

•49.64843, -120.54792View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Summers Creek is a mineral prospect in British Columbia, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Biotite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla. The site was discovered in 1967.

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AzuriteBiotiteCalciteChalcociteChalcopyriteChrysocollaCopperHornblendeMalachiteMolybdenitePyriteQuartz

Mining history

Status: Prospect
Operation type: Surface
Discovered: 1967

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Cited references

DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, CANADA, 1978, A SURVEYOF KNOWN MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEINGMINED: OTTAWA, ONTARIO, MINERAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR, UNPUB-LISHED SUMMARY REPORT, AXE, P. 38. GOLDER ASSOCIATE, INC., 1980, DEPOSIT PROFILE, SUMMERS CREEK, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE INMINERALS AVAILABILITY FIELD OFFICE, DENVER, COLORADO, P.3-4. CMH 1986-87, P. 375. NORTHERN MINER, 1979, GLOBAL ENERGY LOW GRADE TONNAGE BET:APRIL 26, 1979 EDITION, P. 22.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10206130 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 49.64843, -120.54792

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