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Highmont

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Rhenium, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206030
MAS/MILS ID 1220100023
Record type Site
Current site name Highmont
Alternate or previous names Gap, Gnawed Mountain, Gaza, Jericho

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.92625, 50.44153 (WGS84)
Elevation 1525
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Rhenium Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.92625, 50.44153
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 220M
    Length 650M
    Width 300M
    Area 750HA
    Depth to top 3.6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 POTASSIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PROPYLITIC
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3.6
    Total Surface Area (HA) 750
    Date of Last Modification 801215

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE AVERAGE STRIKE IS N 45 W BUT THE DIP DIRECTION AND ANGLE IS VARIABLE FOR EACH DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1962
Year of first production 1981

Mining district

District name Kamloops Mining Division

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Highmont Mining Corp Ltd.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner Teck Corp., Ltd.
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner Redclay Holdings (Owned By Kuwait Investment Office)
    Interest 30
    Home office Canada
    Year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner Metallgesellschaft Canada, Ltd.
    Interest 20
    Home office Canada
    Year 1986

Production statistics

  • Year 1981
    Description .16% Cu, .033% Mo Mill Feed 4484000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Molybdenum Molybdenum 0wt-pct
    Major Copper Copper 0wt-pct
  • Year 1982
    Description .16% Cu, .032% Mo Mill Feed 8469000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Molybdenum Molybdenum 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
  • Year 1983
    Description .21% Cu, .024% Mo Mill Feed 8797000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Molybdenum Molybdenum 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Description .21% Cu, .024% Mo Mill Feed 9007000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Molybdenum Molybdenum 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • THE RECOVERY FOR CU IS 90.4 PERCENT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES COMBINED WITH HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER COMPLEX.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 28HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 64.3
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 3.6
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 12
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 22500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 2.32
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1980
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 76HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 50.7
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 3.6
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 12
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 22500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 1.75
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1980
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 32HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 3
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 54.6
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 3.6
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 12
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 22500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 2.17
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1980

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE COST OF TRANSPORTING CONCENTRATE TO JAPAN IS O.00275 $ PER MT-KILOMETER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    B.C. DEPT. OF MINES & PET. RES., G.E.M., 1969, 1970, 1971.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80. PP. 128-129.

  • Deposit

    FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES 1978. P. 179.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, RICHARD J. TECK TO BRING IN HIGHMONT FOURTH NEW

  • Deposit

    MINE IN 6 YEARS. NORTHERN MINER, APR. 26, 1979, PP. 1,7

  • Deposit

    ANNIS, R.C., D.A. CRANSTONE AND M.VALLEE, A SURVEY OF KNOWN

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;

  • Deposit

    ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERALS, MR 181,1978

  • Deposit

    P.38,39.

  • Deposit

    MCMILLAN, W.J., GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE HIGHLAND VALLEY

  • Deposit

    ORE DEPOSITS AND THE GUICHON CREEK BATHOLITH, CIM

  • Deposit

    SPECIAL VOLUME NO. 15, 1976, PP. 85-104.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINER, VOL. 52, NO. 6, JUNE 1979, P. 48.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, A.S., MINERALIZATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE

  • Deposit

    COPPER AND MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS, CIM BULLETIN, JANUARY

  • Deposit

    1969, PP. 26-29.

  • Deposit

    MAYRS, BILL, THE VALLEY OF COPPER; HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER

  • Deposit

    GIANTS FIND BIGGER IS BETTER: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL,

  • Deposit

    SEPT. 1986, P. 21-23.

  • Deposit

    SCALES, MARILYN, GRINDING OUT PROFIT; COPPER, MOLY AND COAL

  • Deposit

    MIX WELL FOR LORNEX: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, NOV. 1986,

  • Deposit

    P. 37-38.

  • Deposit

    HANSON, POUL, HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER - A STRATEGY FOR

  • Deposit

    INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY: CIM BULL., AUG. 1987, VOL. 80,

  • Deposit

    NO. 904, P. 42-45.

  • Deposit

    MAYCOCK, JOYCE, CUTTING HAULAGE COSTS WITH NEW CONVEYOR

  • Deposit

    SYSTEM: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, AUG. 1987, P. 26-27.

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, G.F. AND ARMSTRONG, W.P., SAMPLE BIAS AND

  • Deposit

    CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY ORE RESERVE ESTIMATION AT VALLEY:

  • Deposit

    CIM BULL., MARCH 1988, VOL. 81, NO. 911, P. 128-136.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, M.D., HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER'S IN-PIT CRUSHING AND

  • Deposit

    CONVEYING SYSTEM: CIM BULL., SEPT. 1988, VOL. 81, NO. 917,

  • Deposit

    P. 50-56.

  • Deposit

    NEWCOMEN, H. WARREN AND MARTIN, DENNIS C., GEOTECHNICAL

  • Deposit

    ASSESSMENT OF THE SOUTHEAST WALL SLOPE FAILURE AT HIGHMONT

  • Deposit

    MINE, BRITISH COLUMBIA: CIM BULL., SEPT. 1988, VOL. 81,

  • Deposit

    NO. 917, P. 71-76.

  • Deposit

    ANON, HIGHMONT MILL MOVES DOWN THE HILL...ON PURPOSE!:

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, OCT. 1988, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    WALKER, SIMON, HIGHLAND VALLEY THE PROFITABLE COMBINATION:

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, OCT. 1988, P. 20-23.

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, M.D., HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER - TRUCK, CRUSH, CONVEY:

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING EQUIPMENT, JAN. 1989, P. 18-21.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE HIGHMONT MINE WILL BE OWNED 70% BY HIGHMONT MINING CORP. AND 30% BY TECK CORP. WHICH OWNS 53% OF HIGHMONT. THE HIGHMONT PROPERTY CONTAINS SEVEN KNOWN COPPER-MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS. HIGHMONT PROBABLY WILL MINE THE NO. 1 AND NO. 2 DEPOSITS AS SEPARATE OPEN-PITS PROVIDING 22,500 MT/DAY TO THE MILL. THE NO. 3, NO. 4 AND NO. 6 DEPOSITS ARE ONLY PARTLY EXPLORED AND RESERVES ARE NOT YET ADEQUATELY DEFINED. CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN MAY 1979 WITH PRODUC- TION BEGINNING ABOUT 18 MONTHS LATER. MOLYBDENUM CONCENTRATE WILL BE SOLD TO METALLGESELLSHAFT AG OF FRANKFURT, WEST GERMANY. COPPER CONCENTRATE WILL BE SOLD TO JAPANESE INTERESTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-AUG-1992 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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