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H. B. Mine

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Cadmium, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073058
MRDS ID W018866
MAS/MILS ID 1220100017
Record type Site
Current site name H. B. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2443, 49.1367 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200
Relative position 7 KM SE. OF SALMO, B. C.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colville OE N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nelson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Comments on the location information

  • Latitude/longitude updated to working shown in Google Earth near where the mine was previously plotted.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONC. SHIPPED TO TRAIL SMELTER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization, Silicification And Tremolite To Talc

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Reeves Limestone (Lower Liab Group)
    Rock description Reeves Limestone (Lower Liab Group)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2443, 49.1367
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Kootenay Arc.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Diabase Dikes. Host Rock Is Tightly Folded At The Mine Forming A Syncline, Both Limbs Dipping 50 - 75 Deg E.

Ore body information

  • General form STEEPLY DIPPING STRINGERS OR FLAT - LYING IN BRECCIA ZONES
    Plunge 20 DEG
    Plunge direction SOUTH
    Length 600M
    Width 70M
    Depth to top 60M
    Depth to bottom 200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Possibly A Large Thrust Fault Which Is Very Close To The Mine. Also, Favorable Host Rock Structure & Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer Horton And Benson
Year of first production 1912

Mining district

District name Salmo Area, Kootenay Arc Dist.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cominco
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • 1134 MTPD MILL OPERATED 1955-1966. MINE CLOSED UNTIL 1973. REOPENED AT 907 MTPD IN 1973. CONCENTRATES PRODUCED 1973 - 4,006 MT PB CONC., 21,999 MT ZN CONC. ALSO PRODUCED - 871 G AU

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 3645000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 4.9 wt-pct Lead Major 1973
    Zinc Zn 6.1 wt-pct Zinc Major 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 3645000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 4.9 wt-pct Lead Major 1973
    Zinc Zn 6.1 wt-pct Zinc Major 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 600M
    Overall depth 350M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO. 1 ZONE (THE LARGEST IN 1958) WAS 600 M. LONG, UP TO 137 M. HIGH, 30 M. WIDE. MAIN HAULAGEWAY IS ABOUT 350 M. BELOW THE SURFACE.

Comments on development

  • BEFORE 1946 MINING AND EXPLORATION WAS MAINLY CONCERNED WITH OXIDIZED ORE. COMINCO DISCOVERED SULPHIDE BODIES IN 1946 AND BEGAN SHIPMENTS FROM THEM IN 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WARNING, G. F., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE H. B. MINE; CAN. INST. MINING AND METALLURGY TR. V. 63 P. 520 - 23.

  • Deposit

    FYLES, J. T. AND HEWLETT, C. G., 1959, STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE SALMO LEAD - ZINC AREA; B. C. DEPT. MINES BULL 41, 162 P.

  • Deposit

    1973, GEOLOGY, EXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA; B. C. DEPT. MINES AND PET. RESOURCES, P. 22, 57

  • Deposit

    1946 DIREXPL COMINCO - EXTENSIVE ORE FOUN

  • Deposit

    Cominco Ltd. Staff, 1974, The H.B. Mine; in Mineral industries in Western Canada, The Tenth Commomweath Mining and Metallurgical Congress - Sept. 2-28, 1974, Section VI, Article F, P. 1-10.

  • Production

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOKS, VARIOUS YEARS. GEOL. EXPLORATION AND MINING IN B. C., 1973, P. 22

  • Deposit

    Irvine, W.T., 1957, Structural geology of Canadian ore deposits, Vol. II, p. 124-132.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 TO 10 MILLION MET TONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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