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Sullivan Mine

Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Cadmium, Tin, Antimony, Platinum, Palladium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073061
MRDS ID W018870
Record type Site
Current site name Sullivan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.00106, 49.71654 (WGS84)
Elevation 1525
Relative position 2.8 KM. N. OF CENTER OF KIMBERLEY (TOWN).

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

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS LOCATED ON MARK CREEK. CONCENTRATOR IS 3.2 KM. SOUTH OF CENTER OF KIMBERLEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Cadmium Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OTHER BYPRODUCTS INCLUDE BISMUTH, COPPER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boulangerite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Clinozoisite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Tourmalinization, Chloritization, Albitization

Analytical data

Result ORE IS AROUND 10 TO 11% PB - ZN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 208
USGS model code 31a
Deposit model name Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 13

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Purcell Intrusives-Diorite, Granophyric
    Rock description Purcell Intrusives-Diorite, Granophyric
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Aldridge Formation Quartzite, Arg. Quartzite, Siltstone
    Rock description Aldridge Formation Quartzite, Arg. Quartzite, Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.00106, 49.71654
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Kimberly Fault, Kootenay Arc, Purcell Anticlinorium (East Side)
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sullivan Anticline And A Well Developed Set Of Faults (Sullivan Type)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENSE
    Thickness 100M
    Length 2000M
    Width 1600M
    Depth to bottom 686M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Porosity, Some Fracture Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Discoverer Sullivan, Smith, Cleaver, Burchett
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Kimberley Area, Kootenay Dist.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cominco Ltd.

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Material ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Zn Metal Content (182,939 Mt Zn Concentrates)
  • Year 1973
    Material PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Pb Metal Content (114,926 Mt Pb Concentrates)
  • Year 1973
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Ag Metal Content (Also, 4728g Au Content)
  • Year 1989
    Material PD
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^4.4% Pb, 5.4% Zn, 1.0 Oz/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 4wt-pct
    Major Silver Silver 28g/mt
    Major Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
  • Year 1990
    Period 1900-1990
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^6.0% Pb, 5.8% Zn, 1.75 Oz/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 49g/mt
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 6wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 6wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 9979 MTPD MILL CAPACITY, CONCENTRATES SENT BY RAIL TO TRAIL SMELTER. IN 1973, CONCENTRATOR OPERATED 233 DAYS. COPPER CONTENT - 280 MT. TIN CONCENTRATES - 146 MT. IRON SINTER - 13,044 MT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 160 MILLION MET TONS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 3470M
    Overall depth 686M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT OCCUPIES CREST AND EAST LIMB OF AN ANTICLINAL NOSE. 95% OF CURRENT PRODUCTION IS FROM PILLARS. IN 1973 MINE EMPLOYED 670 MEN, CONCENTRATOR EMPLOYED 225. BY 1962 IT HAD BEEN MINED FOR ABOUT 1800 M ALONG STRIKE AND 1350 M DOWN DIP.

Comments on development

  • THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERERS FOUND ONLY A THIN OUTCROP OF ORE, HIGH IN SPHALERITE, WHICH WAS NOT CONSIDERED VALUABLE AT THAT TIME ; MILL.CAP: 2.4 MILLION T/Y

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, C. O., 1950, THE SULLIVAN MINE, KIMBERLEY, B. C.; IN 18TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, SYMP. ON PB - ZN, P. 36 - 41

  • Deposit

    BOSTOCK, H. S., MULLIGAN, R., DOUGLAS, R. J. W., 1957, THE CORDIUERAN REGION; IN STOCKWELL, C. H. ED., GEOLOGY AND ECON. MINS. CAN.; GEOL. SURV. OF CAN., ECON. GEOL. SER. 1, 4TH ED., P. 369 - 70

  • Deposit

    SULLIVAN MINE STAFF, 1970, MINING AT THE SULLIVAN; IN RAUSCH, D. O., MARIACHER, B. C., EDS, AIME WORLD SYMP. MINING & METALLURGY OF LEAD & ZINC, V. 1 P. 259 - 273.

  • Deposit

    1970, GEOLOGY, EXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA; B. C. DEPT MINES, P. 473

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PLATINUM DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECONOMIC REPORT 13, P. 107.

  • Deposit

    MULLIGAN, R., 1975, GEOLOGY OF CANADIAN TIN OCCURRENCES: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECONOMIC REPORT 28, P. 87-93.

  • Deposit

    SANGSTER, D.F., 1972, PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CANADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PAPER 72-22, P. 32-35.

  • Deposit

    CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA.

  • Production

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1975 - 76 P. FINANCIAL POST SURV. MINES, 1967 P. 70. GEOL., EXPLORATION AND MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, P. 23; ORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SKINNER W. R., 1975, MINING INTL. YBK. P. 173

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONFORMABLY AT THE TOP OF THE LOWER ALDRIDGE FORMATION; TWO SATELLITE DEPOSIT OCCUR NEARBY -- THE STEMWINDER WHICH IS A STEEP DIPPING, CROSS-CUTTING, PRIMARILY PYRRHOTITE DEPOSIT WITH SMALL SPHALERITIC LENS IN ITS FOOTWALL, AND THE NORTH STAR WHICH IS TWO SMALL BEDDED ZONES AT THE SAME STRATIGRAPHIC HORIZON AS SULLIVAN.
Deposit AS OF 11-87, THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM M046167 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM THE DATA BASE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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