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Sullivan

Plant in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Antimony, Beryllium, Bismuth, Copper, Gold, Iron, Lead, Silver, Sulfur, Tin, Zinc
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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. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303688
MAS/MILS ID 1220100001
Record type Site
Current site name Sullivan
Alternate or previous names Sullivan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.02107, 49.69987 (WGS84)
Elevation 1170
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nelson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Iron Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Sulfur Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Boulangerite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Jamesonite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrophyllite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.02107, 49.69987
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 30E
    Thickness 5M
    Length 1800M
    Width 1500M
    Area 200HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N10E:30E
    Total Surface Area (HA) 200
    Date of Last Modification 830629

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1892
Mining method Caving Methods - Sublevel Caving
Year of first production 1900
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Kimberley Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cominco Ltd
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1981
    Description Zinc Feed 4.8% Lead Feed 3.6%; Output Is 49% Zinc And 63.5% Lead 2130000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 4wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
  • Year 1992
    Description Contained Lead Produced 52000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 52000mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Est. Contained Lead Produced 43000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 43000mt
  • Year 1994
    Description Lead Concentrate@4.1% Pb 77200 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 77200mt 4wt-pct
  • Year 1994
    Description Zinc Concentrate@ 51.1% Zn 204000 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 204000mt 51wt-pct
  • Year 1994
    Description Ore Milled 1613100 Mt
  • Year 1995
    Description Lead Concentrate@4.1% Pb 74300 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 74300mt 4wt-pct
  • Year 1995
    Description Zinc Concentrate@51.3% Zn 208500 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 208500mt 51wt-pct
  • Year 1995
    Description Ore Milled 1616200 Mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Measured 61132000mt ore
    Demonstrated 61132000mt ore
    Total resources 61132000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 5.4 wt-pct Lead Major 1969
    Zinc Zn 5.6 wt-pct Zinc Major 1969
    Silver Ag 51 g/mt Silver Major 1969
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 10800000mt ore
    Total resources 10800000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 8 wt-pct Zinc Major 1996
    Lead Pb 4.5 wt-pct Lead Major 1996
    Silver Ag 26 g/mt Silver Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 8800000mt ore
    Total resources 8800000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 8 wt-pct Zinc Major 1996
    Lead Pb 4.4 wt-pct Lead Major 1996
    Silver Ag 24 g/mt Silver Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Indicated 20700000mt ore
    Demonstrated 20700000mt ore
    Total resources 20700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 4.5 wt-pct Lead Major 1993
    Zinc Zn 7.3 wt-pct Zinc Major 1993
    Silver Ag 24.9 g/mt Silver Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 86 BROOK-HUNT DATA & PAH REPORT 24,675,000 MT 1/88 PER PAH SUPPLIMENTAL DATA P. 4.4.113
  • GRADE IS REPORTED AS OF JAN. 1, 1976 1986 ALSO HAD .033% SN AND 23.75% S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL CAVING 10-75
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Number of Shafts 8
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 3000
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 9070
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 11
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 235
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    JACOBI, H.P., COMINCO LTD.- SULLIVAN CONCENTRATOR; D.E.

  • Production

    PICKETT, ED., IN MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL

  • Production

    VOLUME 16, 1978, P.208-214.

  • Production

    COMINCO LTD. STAFF, SULLIVAN CONCENTRATOR- KIMBERLEY, B.C.;

  • Production

    IN MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN WESTERN CANADA, THE TENTH

  • Production

    COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS-SEPT.2-28,

  • Production

    1974, SECTION VI, ARTICLE E, P.1-13.

  • Production

    *CRU QUARTERLY MARKET SERVICE, LEAD, JAN. 1994, P. 34.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE 1993,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 38.

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 38, 43.

  • Reserve-Resource

    1995 COMINCO ANNUAL REPORT-PG 37.-ALSO ADIT.

  • Workings

    FISH, RICHARD, SULLIVAN MINE GOES TRACKLESS; CANADIAN MINING

  • Workings

    JOURNAL, JUNE, 1978, P.38,39.

  • Workings

    REYNOLDS, J.W., PNEUMATIC BACKFILLING WITH CRUSHED ROCK AT

  • Workings

    THE SULLIVAN MINE; CIM BULL., JULY, 1972, P.31-36.

  • Workings

    COMINCO LTD. STAFF, SULLIVAN MINE- KIMBERLEY, B.C., IN

  • Workings

    MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN WESTERN CANADA, THE TENTH COMMON-

  • Workings

    WEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS- SEPT. 2-28,

  • Workings

    1974, SECTION VI, ARTICLE D, P.1-16.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINER, ANALYTICAL CONTROL; MAY, 1975, P.9-16.

  • Deposit

    B.C. DEPT. OF MINES AND PET. RES., G.E.M., 1973, P.23,67-69.

  • Deposit

    ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., SEPT., 1973, P.108-114.

  • Deposit

    COBBAN, GILLIAN, COMMINCO MOVES AHEAD ON BIG TRAIL PROJECT:

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, NOV. 29, 1979, P.D31.

  • Deposit

    ANALYTICAL CONTROL AND INSTRUMENTATION AT THE SULLIVAN CON-

  • Deposit

    CENTRATOR, MAY 1975, WESTERN MINER, PP. 9-16.

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, F.A., ETHIER, V.G., AND KROUSE, H.R., 1980, THE

  • Deposit

    MASSIVE SULFIDE ZONE: SULLIVAN ORE BODY, ECONOMIC

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY, VOL. 75, PP. 916-926.

  • Deposit

    COMINCO IN THE 80'S, APRIL 11, 1980, MINING JOURNAL, P. 291.

  • Deposit

    COMINCO LIMITED, 1972-79, ANNUAL REPORTS.

  • Deposit

    COMINCO, RECORD SALES, MAY 9, 1980, MINING JOURNAL, P. 394.

  • Deposit

    ETHIER, V.G., CAMPBELL, F.A., BOTH, R.A., AND KROUSE, H.R.,

  • Deposit

    1976, GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF THE SULLIVAN OREBODY AND ES-

  • Deposit

    TIMATES OR TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES OF METAMORPHISM,

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 71, PP. 1570-1588.

  • Deposit

    FREEZE, A.C., 1966, ON THE ORIGIN OF THE SULLIVAN OREBODY,

  • Deposit

    KIMBERLEY, B.C., TECTONIC HISTORY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    THE WESTERN CORDILLERA, SPECIAL VOLUME NO. 8, PP. 263-294

  • Deposit

    HOY, TRYGVE, OCTOBER 24, 1980, STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL

  • Deposit

    SETTING OF STRATABOUND LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS IN SOUTHEASTERN

  • Deposit

    B.C., PRESENTED AT THE 5TH ANNUAL CIM DISTRICT 6 MEETING,

  • Deposit

    KIMBERLEY, B.C.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, 1972, GUIDEBOOK, FIELD

  • Deposit

    EXCURSION A24-C24, 24TH SESSION, CANADA, PP. 26-36.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL POLICY SECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RE-

  • Deposit

    SOURCES, 1973, SULLIVAN, OTTAWA, CANADA.

  • Deposit

    SPATE OF NEW MINES, OCTOBER 10, 1980, MINING JOURNAL, P. 286

  • Deposit

    THE SULLIVAN: HEAD OF COMINCO'S MINING EMPIRE, SEPT., 1973,

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, PP. 108-114.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, LANE AND JACKSON, DANIEL, JR., SEPT. 1973, COMINCO:

  • Deposit

    MODERN, RESOURCEFUL, SUCCESSFUL; ENGINEERING AND MINING

  • Deposit

    JOURNAL, PP. 71-86.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS CONCENTRATED IN 5 HORIZONS WHICH HAVE A COMBINED THICKNESS OF 10-35 METERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1997 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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