Windy Craggy Deposit

CA / BC

•59.73305, -137.73553View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Windy Craggy Deposit is a mineral prospect in British Columbia, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Meta-Argillite. Reported specimens include Ankerite, Azurite, Biotite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite; logged ore minerals are Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Cubanite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite; gangue is recorded as Ankerite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Cordierite, Galena, Graphite, Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz, Siderite, Stilpnomelane. The site was discovered in 1958.

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AnkeriteAzuriteBiotiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteChrysocollaCobaltCopperCordieriteCubaniteGalenaGoldGraphiteHematiteMagnetiteMalachitePyritePyrrhotiteQuartzSideriteSilverSphaleriteStilpnomelane

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Meta-Argillite
Tectonic setting: Allochthonous Alexander Terrane, Insular Tectonic Belt
Deposit model: 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)

Ore minerals

ChalcopyriteCobaltiteCubaniteGoldPyritePyrrhotiteSphalerite

Gangue minerals

AnkeriteBiotiteCalciteChloriteCordieriteGalenaGraphiteHematiteMagnetiteQuartzSideriteStilpnomelane

Alteration

Silicification, Chloritization; Chlorite, Carbonate Regional Haloes

Mining history

Status: Prospect
Discovered: 1958

Records and references

Cited references

CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA. HARPER, G., 1990, GEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE WINDY CRAGGY PROJECT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA [ABST.]: MINING IS ALIVE IN DENVER (ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 1991 SME, AIME, AND WAAIME ANNUAL MEETING), P.58.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10097336 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 59.73305, -137.73553

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