MINFILE Coding Manual Version 5.0

Information Circular 2007- 4

3.1 Coding Activity
3.2 MINFILE Number
3.3 Name
3.4 Status
3.5 NTS Map
3.6 BC Map
3.7 Mining Division
3.8 Location
    3.8.1 Latitude/Longitude   3.8.2 UTM Zone  3.8.3 UTM Northing  3.8.4 UTM Easting
3.9 Elevation
3.10 Location Certainty
3.11 Canmindex Number
3.12 National Mineral Inventory (NMI) Number
3.13 Date Coded/Coded by
3.14 Date Revised/Revised by
3.15 Field Check
3.16 Comments - Identification

4.1 Commodities
4.2 Mineralogy
    4.2.1 Comments - Mineralogy
4.3 Alteration Type
4.4 Deposit Character
4.5 Deposit Classification
4.6 Deposit Type
4.7 Age of Mineralization
4.8 Isotopic Age
4.9 Material Dated
4.10 Dating Method
4.11 Deposit Configuration
    4.11.1 Shape  4.11.2 Shape Modifier  4.11.3 Deposit Dimension
4.12 Attitude
4.13 Comments - Structural and Age

5.1 Dominant Hostrock
5.2 Formal/Informal Host
5.3 Stratigraphic Age
5.4 Isotopic Age
5.5 Material Dated
5.6 Dating Method
5.7 Rock Type/Lithology
5.8 Comments - Host rock

6.1 Tectonic Belts
6.2 Terrane
6.3 Physiographic Area
6.4 Metamorphism
    6.4.1 Type
    6.4.2 Relationship  6.4.3 Metamorphic Grade
6.5 Comment - Geological Setting

9.1 Inventory Data
9.2 Zone Name
9.3 Inventory Category
    9.3.1 Reserve   9.3.2 Resource   9.3.3 Other
9.4 Year
9.5 Sample Type
9.6 Quantity
9.7 Commodity/Grade
9.8 Comments - Inventory
9.9 Reference

10.1 Production Data
10.2 Comments - Production

FIGURES

1. British Columbia Mining Divisions
2. British Columbia Mining Camps
3. Generalized Terrane Map of the Canadian Cordillera
4. Physiographic Map of the Canadian Cordillera
5. Geologic Time Scale, B.C. Geological Survey Branch (PDF 75Kb)