Rock Candy Fluorspar Mine

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Quartz, Calcium, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069442
MRDS ID W006977
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Candy Fluorspar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.4887, 49.2608 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Relative position 24 KM. N. OF GRAND FORKS IN SOUTHEAST BRITISH COLUMBIA ON KENNEDY CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Penticton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE FOR OVIEDO.
  • LAT. AND LONG. modified to match Minfile record number 082ESE070.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Quartz Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALMOST ALL THE ORE WAS PROCESSED BY FLOATATION AND USED AT COMINICO SMELTER AT TRAIL. NOW PHOSPHATE ROCKS SUPPLY THE FLUORINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chert Gangue
Kaolin Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 175
USGS model code 26c
Deposit model name Barite-fluorite veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Syenite
    Rock description Syenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.4887, 49.2608

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N
    Dip VERTICAL
    Plunge direction S
    Length 168M
    Width 13.7M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 137M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Grand Forks Mining Division

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Consolidated Mining And Smelting Co. (Cominico)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Mining And Smelting Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS INTERMITTENT FROM 1918 - 1942.

Comments on the workings information

  • BED THICKNESS - 2 TO 10 M. AREA OF INDIVIDUAL ORE BODIES - AS MUCH AS 1 SQ. KM. OR MORE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CAF2 - 15 TO 35%, CACO3 - 20 TO 30%, SIO2 - 30%
  • MINE WAS CLOSED IN 1942 AND ALL OF COMINICO'S FLUORSPAR REQUIREMENTS ARE MET BY RECOVERING F FROM PHOSPHATE ROCK USED TO MAKE FERTILIZER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARTLEY, C.M., 1961, FLUORSPAR, CAN. DEPT. OF MINES AND TECH. SURVEYS, MINES BRANCH INFO. CIRC. IC 127, P. 50-51.

  • Deposit

    DOLMAGE, V., 1929, GRAND FORKS MINING DIVISION; ROCK CANDY: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CANADA, ECON. GEOL. SERIES NO. 6, P. 22 - 28

  • Deposit

    1929 GEOLMAP GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CANADA (V. DOLMAGE

  • Production

    BARTLEY, C.M., 1961, FLUORSPAR

  • Deposit

    British Columbia Minfile database, 2009, Minfile record number 082ESE070

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.