Myra Falls-Lynx

Canada· British ColumbiaUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
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Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1919

Overview

Massive lenses, dissemination, stringer, 0.01 km thickness. Myra, Lynx, H-W, Battle, Gap, and Extension zones combined tonnage is 26.5 million t @1.87% Cu, 6.64% Zn, 0.6% Pb, 2.0 g/t Au, 54.5 g/t Ag. This tonnage is a minimum because not all orebodies have been included within 500 m (Ridge East, Ridge West, and other smaller bodies).

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-felsic in epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Production Start: 1967

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS