Bell Allard

Overview

Massive, two lenses, North and South lens. 370 m strike length, 165 m down-dip, averages 30 m thick, maximum 60 m thick in South Lens. Dips 50? to 55? S, at depths from 900 to 1150 m. Produced 1999-2004: 3.59 million t @ 1.25% Cu, 13.7% Zn, 0.69 g/t Au, 40.55 g/t Ag, but reported over 6 million t possible resources.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-mafic in oceanic arc

Resources & Operations

Production Start: 2000

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS