Big Bull

Canada· British ColumbiaUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
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Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1929

Overview

Lens, massive, fine-grained. Plunges NW beneath Mt. Manville. Ore is open at depth. Production + reserves + geologic resources: 0.71 million t @ 1.19% Cu, 7.16% Zn, 1.87% Pb, 154 g/t Ag, 5.0 g/t Au (open at depth).

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-felsic in epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Production Start: 1951

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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