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Bethlehem

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  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 10182098
MAS/MILS ID 1220100009
Record type Site
Current site name Bethlehem
Alternate or previous names Iona, Huestis, Jersey, East Jersey

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.98126, 50.48983 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 500(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
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.98126, 50.48983
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 7000M
    Width 4000M
    Area 580HA
    Depth to top 200M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 POTASSIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PROPYLITIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 580
    Date of Last Modification 810319

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALOGY DATA FOR SAMPLE OF ALTERED AND MINERALIZED BETHLEHEM GRANODIORITE (BIB. DATA SET REF. L001-005).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1962
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Highland Valley

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cominco Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1990

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Description 1.06 % Cu 2914000 Mt Ore, Incl. Dec. 1962
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2914000mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1964
    Description Grade Unknown 1148000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1965
    Description Grade Unknown 1311000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1966
    Description Grade Unknown 1822000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1967
    Description 0.58 % Cu 2975000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2975000mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Description Grade Unknown 3752000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1969
    Description Grade Unknown 4609000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1970
    Description Grade Unknown 4955000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1971
    Description 0.52 % Cu 4319000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 4319000mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1972
    Description 0.54 % Cu 5411000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 5411000mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1973
    Description 0.58 % Cu 5751000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 5751000mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1974
    Description 0.53 % Cu 5757000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 5757000mt 1wt-pct
  • Year 1975
    Description 0.46 % Cu 5865000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 5865000mt 0wt-pct
  • Year 1976
    Description 0.45 % Cu 6764000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 6764000mt 0wt-pct
  • Year 1977
    Description 0.44 % Cu 5555000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 5555000mt 0wt-pct
  • Year 1978
    Description 0.41 % Cu 6491000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 6491000mt 0wt-pct
  • Year 1979
    Description Grade Unknown 6525000 Mt Ore
  • Year 1980
    Description 6281000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1981
    Description 6496000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1982
    Description 3031000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1983
    Description Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1984
    Description Mt Ore/Yr

Comments on the production information

  • RECOVERIES AND MAIN ELEMENT CONCENTRATE GRADES PROVIDED BY MAFO. GOLD CONTENT TOO LOW TO BE CREDITED TO MINE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 57400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.42 wt-pct Copper Major 1980
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Indicated 42800000mt ore
    Demonstrated 42800000mt ore
    Total resources 42800000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.42 wt-pct Copper Major 1985
    Molybdenum MoS2 0.004 wt-pct Molybdenum Minor 1985
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Indicated 42800000mt ore
    Demonstrated 42800000mt ore
    Total resources 42800000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.42 wt-pct Copper Major 1985
    Molybdenum MoS2 0.004 wt-pct Molybdenum Minor 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • R1=M1C1. RESERVES INCLUDE THE REMAINING JERSEY PIT RESERVES AND ADD- E PODS. THE NO. 1 OREBODYERED BY DIAMOND DRILLING IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE JERSEY PIT AND THE MINED-OUT IONA PIT. BYPRODUCT GRADES PROVIDED BY MAFO. RESERVES WAS REPORTED EXHAUSTED, (CMH 1991-1992,P-74,75).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 380HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Swell Factor .62
    Percent Waste Rock 75
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 41
    Capacity 19000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 73
    Unit Production Cost 2.14
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, 1974, 1974 REFERENCE MANUAL AND

  • Deposit

    BUYER'S GUIDE, P. 44.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, 1975, 1975 REFERENCE MANUAL AND

  • Deposit

    BUYER'S GUIDE, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, 1976, 1976 REFERENCE MANUAL AND

  • Deposit

    BUYER'S GUIDE, P. 69.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, 1978, 1978 REFERENCE MANUAL AND

  • Deposit

    BUYER'S GUIDE, P. 85.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, 1979, 1979 REFERENCE MANUAL AND

  • Deposit

    BUYER'S GUIDE, P. 88.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1966, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1966-1967:

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER PRESS, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1967, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1967-1968:

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER PRESS, P. 46.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1968, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1968-1969:

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER PRESS, P. 46-47.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1969, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1969-1970:

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER PRESS, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1970, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1970-1971.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER PRESS, P. 49-50.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1971, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1971-1972:

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER PRESS, P. 52-53.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1973, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1973-1974

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER PRESS, P. 45-46.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1974, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974-1975:

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER PRESS, P. 43-44.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1975, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1975-1976:

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER PRESS, P. 40-41.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1976, CNANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1976-1977:

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER PRESS, P. 42-43.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1977, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1977-1978:

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER PRESS, P. 41-42.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1978, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-1979:

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1979, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-1980:

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER PRESS, P. 39-40.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINER, 1968, BETHLEHEM COPPER ESTABLISHES CONSISTENT

  • Deposit

    PROGRESS PATTERN, JUNE 1968, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINER, 1973, BETHLEHEM 1972 EARNINGS, FEB. 1973,

  • Deposit

    P. 21.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINER, 1973, COPPER - BRITISH COLUMBIA: WESTERN

  • Deposit

    MINER, DEC. 1973, P. 46.

  • Production

    MINING MAGAZINE, PROGRESS AND INNOVATION AT BETHLEHEM

  • Production

    COPPER'S HIGHLAND VALLEY CONCENTRATOR, AUG., 1976,

  • Production

    P.119-126.

  • Production

    OVERTON, C.W., 1975, PEBBLE GRINDING AT BETHELEM COPPER:

  • Production

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, SEPT. 1975, P. 83-84.

  • Production

    SCHABAS, W., 1977, MOLYBDENUM PLANT ADDED TO BETHLEHEM OPER-

  • Production

    ATIONS: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1977, P. 46-48.

  • Geology

    BRISKEY, JOSEPH A., JR., AND JOHN R. BELLAMY, BETHLEHEM

  • Geology

    COPPER'S JERSEY, EAST JERSEY, HUESTIS AND IONA DEPOSITS;

  • Geology

    A. SUTHERLAND BROWN, ED., PORPHYRY DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Geology

    CANADIAN CORDILLERA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 15, 1976,

  • Geology

    P.105-119.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 1980, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1980-1981:

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1986-87, NORTHERN MINER PRESS, P.101

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINE RESERVES AND CURRENTLY PROMISING DEPOSITS, JAN. 1985,

  • Reserve-Resource

    EMR CANADA, MR 209, P. 32.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINE HANDBOOK-1991-1992, P-74,75.

  • Workings

    EWANCHUK, H.G., 1969, OPEN PIT MINING AT BETHLEHEM COPPER:

  • Workings

    WESTERN MINER, AUG. 1969, P. 43-51.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINER, BETHLEHEM COPPER REPORT, JUNE, 1973,

  • Deposit

    P.44,46.

  • Deposit

    FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES 1978. P. 100.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, J.W. BETHLEHEM COPPER CORPORATION. MILLING PRACTICE

  • Deposit

    IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, PP. 85-87.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING. DEC. 1978, P. 79.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, H.M. THE BETHLEHEM PROJECT OF BETHLEHEM COPPER

  • Deposit

    CORPORATION, LTD., HIGHLAND VALLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA.

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN OF THE INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, JAN.

  • Deposit

    1964, NO. 686, TRANS., VOL. 73, 1963-64, PT. 4, PP. 177-

  • Deposit

    INGRAM, D.G., OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CRUSHING

  • Deposit

    EQUIPMENT AT BETHLEHEM COPPER; CIM BULL., JULY, 1979,

  • Deposit

    P.137-141.

  • Deposit

    COAKLEY, GEORGE J., REPORT ON FIELD TRIP TO HIGHLAND VALLEY,

  • Deposit

    B.C. COPPER DISTRICT, APRIL 27-29, 1977; P.12-16,23-27,

  • Deposit

    JULY 14, 1977.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, BETHLEHEM COPPER... A

  • Deposit

    PIONEERING EFFORT ON HIGHLAND VALLEY DEPOSITS, SEPT.,

  • Deposit

    1969, P.276-278.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, BETHLEHEM COPPER- CANADA'S FIRST MAJOR OPEN

  • Deposit

    PIT PORPHYRY COPPER; NOV., 1973, P.406-410.

  • Deposit

    BETHLEHEM COPPER CORP. LTD. STAFF, HIGHLAND VALLEY

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS; IN MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN WESTERN CANADA, CIM

  • Deposit

    THE TENTH COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS-

  • Deposit

    SEPT. 2-28, 1974, SECTION VI, ARTICLE L, P.1-13.

Comments on the references

  • H110-121, R020-021, ARE BROKEN DOWN USING CES SYSTEM.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER NAMES: HUESTIS, JERSEY, IONA, EAST JERSEY. OWNER: COMINCO LTD.(50%); LORNEX MINING CORP.(45%); HIGHMONT MINING CO.(5%) JERSEY PIT (SUBECONOMIC)
Deposit EVALUATION IN FEB. 1981 BY I.F.O.C., DENVER, COLORADO, USING DATA COLLECTED BY GOLDER ASSOCIATES. INC., FOR BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT JO2950059 (MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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