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Porphyry copper (Cu-Mo) deposit in British Columbia, Canada

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 9759
Alternate names Len
Tract name Cordilleran Continental Arc (003pCu2004x)
Group name Huckleberry Group
Included sites Len, Main, East; Group includes Huckleberry and Ox Lake deposits and Seel prospect.
Site status deposit

Geographic location

Country Canada
State or province British Columbia
Geographic location -127.178117474, 53.681105241
Geologic map unit -127.178117474, 53.681105241
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Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Deposit subtype Cu-Mo
Age (Ma) 83Ma
Age determination method U-Pb zircon
Age range 83 Ma (U-Pb zircon); 82 Ma (unknown method)
Age reference unknown (83 Ma); Sutherland Brown (1976, 82 Ma)
Minerals chalcopyrite, magnetite, molybdenite, pyrite
Associated rocks granodiorite porphyry, granodiorite
Tectonic setting continental margin
Stratigraphic age Late Cretaceous

Commodity and development information

Development status Producer
Major commodities Cu, Mo, Ag
Minor commodities Au
Tonnage (Mt) 178Mt
Cu grade (%) 0.468%
Mo grade (%) 0.014%
Au grade (g/t) 0.023g/t
Ag grade (g/t) 0.844g/t
Contained copper 831,000t
Gold-Moly ratio 1.6

Reference information

Comments 1994, resource estimated.
Study area name British Columbia and Yukon Territory
References MINFILE BC (2009); Sutherland Brown (1976); Schroeter (1995); Schroeter and others (2006); Schroeter and others (2007); Sinclair (2007); Singer and others (2008); DeGrace and others (2009); Imperial Metals Corp. (2009b)
Site reference Mihalasky and others (2011, revised 2013)
DeGrace, John; Fredericks, Jay; Grieve, David; Lefebure, David; Madu, Bruce; Northcote, Bruce; and Wojdak, Paul, 2009, British Columbia mining and mineral exploration overview 2008—British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Information Circular 2009-1, 31 p.
Imperial Metals Corp., 2009b, Huckleberry Mine: Imperial Metals Corp. Web page accessed 2009, at http://imperialmetals.com/s/Huckleberry.asp.MINFILE BC, 2009, MINFILE Mineral inventory: British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, MINFILE database, total records 12,523, accessed December 2009, at http://minfile.gov.bc.ca/.
Schroeter, T.G., ed., 1995, Porphyry deposits of the northwestern Cordillera of North America: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Special Volume 46, 888 p.
Schroeter, Tom; Cathro, Michael; Grieve, David; Lane, Robert; Pardy, Jamie; and Wojdak, Paul, 2006, British Columbia mining and mineral exploration overview 2005: British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Information Circular 2006-1, 20 p.
Schroeter, Tom; Grieve, David; Lane, Robert; Madu, Bruce; Northcote, Bruce; and Wojdak, Paul, 2007, British Columbia mining and mineral exploration overview 2006: British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Information Circular 2007-1, 28 p.
Sinclair, W.D., 2007, Porphyry Deposits, in Goodfellow, W.D., ed., Mineral deposits of Canada—A synthesis of major deposit-types, district metallogeny, the evolution of geological provinces, and exploration methods: Geological Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division, Special Publication no. 5, p. 223–243.
Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C., 2008, Porphyry copper deposits of the world—Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155, [45] p. and digital data, accessed December 31, 2013, at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1155/.
Sutherland Brown, A., 1976, ed., Porphyry deposits of the Canadian Cordillera: The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 15, the Charles S. Ney Volume, 510 p., 2 pl., scale 1:250,000,000.