Ministry of Energy, Mines and Pertoleum Resources

Listing of B.C. Mineral Deposit Profiles by Commodity Index - Version 2.1

Please select desired commodity (e.g. garnet, limestone, bituminous coal) by alphabetic category. Note that metals are listed by their elemental symbol (e.g. Au, Cu, Fe). Any commodity or symbol followed by an asterisk is either a byproduct or seldom produced from that particular deposit type. While the list is lengthy, it is not complete. It is published in Open File 1996-13. The list includes multiple entries for almost all deposit types.

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Commodities	Deposit Type	BC Profile #
Ag	Gossan Au-Ag	B10
Ag	Carbonate-hosted disseminated Au-Ag	E03
Ag	Sediment-hosted Cu	E04
Ag	Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn	E12
Ag	Irish-type carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb	E13
Ag	Sedimentary Exhalative Zn-Pb-Ag	E14
Ag	Besshi massive sulphide Cu-Zn	G04
Ag	Noranda / Kuroko massive sulphide Cu-Pb-Zn	G06
Ag	Subaqueous hot spring Au-Ag	G07
Ag	Epithermal Au-Ag-Cu; high sulphidation	H04
Ag	Epithermal Au-Ag; low sulphidation	H05
Ag	Sn-Ag veins	H07
Ag	Alkalic intrusion-associated Au-Ag	H08
Ag	Intrusion-related Au pyrrhotite veins	I02
Ag	Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+Au	I05
Ag	Five-element veins Ni-Co-As-Ag+(Bi, U)	I14
Ag	Polymetallic mantos Ag-Pb-Zn	J01
Ag	Sulphide manto Au	J04
Ag	Pb-Zn skarns	K02
Ag	Subvolcanic Cu-Au-Ag (As-Sb)	L01
Ag	Broken Hill-type Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu	S01
Ag*	Laterite-Saprolite Au	B03*
Ag*	Buried-channel placers	C02
Ag*	Marine placers	C03
Ag*	Volcanic redbed Cu	D03
Ag*	Iron oxide breccias and veins +P+Cu+Au+Ag+U	D07
Ag*	Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn	E02*
Ag*	Sandstone Pb	E05
Ag*	Carbonate-hosted barite	E10
Ag*	Carbonate-hosted fluorspar	E11
Ag*	Blackbird sediment-hosted Cu-Co	E15
Ag*	Cyprus massive sulphide Cu (Zn)	G05
Ag*	Hot spring Au-Ag	H03
Ag*	Au-quartz veins	I01
Ag*	Turbidite-hosted Au veins	I03
Ag*	Iron formation-hosted Au	I04
Ag*	Cu+Ag quartz veins	I06
Ag*	Silica-carbonate Hg	I08
Ag*	Vein barite	I10
Ag*	"Classical" U veins	I15
Ag*	Manto and stockwork Sn	J02
Ag*	Mn veins and replacements	J03*
Ag*	Cu skarns	K01
Ag*	Fe skarns	K03
Ag*	Au skarns	K04
Ag*	Porphyry Cu-Au: alkalic	L03
Ag*	Porphyry Cu G486 Mo + Au	L04
Ag*	Porphyry Sn	L06
Ag*	Porphyry W	L07
agate	Agate	Q03*
agate	Opal deposits in volcanic sequences	Q11
aggregate	Sand and Gravel	B12*
aggregate	Expanding shale	R02
aggregate*	Dimension stone-granite	R03
aggregate*	Dimension stone - marble	R04
aggregate*	Dimension stone - andesite	R05
aggregate*	Limestone	R09
Al	Bauxite Al	B04*
Al	Karst-hosted Fe, Al, Pb-Zn	B09*
Al*	Playa and Alkaline Lake Evaporites	F09*
alunite	Hydrothermal alteration clays-Al-Si	H09*
amethyst	Amethyst	Q04*
analcime	Closed-basin zeolites	D02
andalusite	Andalusite schist and hornfels	P01
andalusite	Kyanite family minerals	P02
andesite	Dimension stone - andesite	R05
anhydrite	Volcanogenic anhydrite / gypsum	G03*
anhydrite*	Bedded gypsum	F02
apatite*	Magmatic Fe-Ti+V oxide deposits	M04
apatite*	Vermiculite deposits	M08
aquamarine*	Scist-hosted emerald deposits	Q07
As*	Volcanic-hosted U	D06
As*	Subaqueous hot spring Au-Ag	G07
As*	Epithermal Au-Ag-Cu; high sulphidation	H04
As*	"Classical" U veins	I15
As*	Subvolcanic Cu-Au-Ag (As-Sb)	L01
asbestos	Ultramafic-hosted asbestos	M06
Au	Laterite-Saprolite Au	B03*
Au	Gossan Au-Ag	B10
Au	Surficail placers	C01
Au	Buried-channel placers	C02
Au	Marine placers	C03
Au	Paleoplacer U-Au-PGE-Sn-Ti-diam-mag-gar-zir	C04*
Au	Iron oxide breccias and veins +P+Cu+Au+Ag+U	D07
Au	Carbonate-hosted disseminated Au-Ag	E03
Au	Noranda / Kuroko massive sulphide Cu-Pb-Zn	G06
Au	Subaqueous hot spring Au-Ag	G07
Au	Hot spring Au-Ag	H03
Au	Epithermal Au-Ag-Cu; high sulphidation	H04
Au	Epithermal Au-Ag; low sulphidation	H05
Au	Alkalic intrusion-associated Au-Ag	H08
Au	Au-quartz veins	I01
Au	Intrusion-related Au pyrrhotite veins	I02
Au	Turbidite-hosted Au veins	I03
Au	Iron formation-hosted Au	I04
Au	Sulphide manto Au	J04
Au	Au skarns	K04
Au	Subvolcanic Cu-Au-Ag (as-Sb)	L01
Au	Plutonic-Related Au Quartz Veins	L02
Au	Porphyry-related Au	L09*
Au	Porphyry Cu-Au; alkalic	L03
Au	Porphyry Cu+Mo+Au+	L04
Au*	Bog Fe, Mn, U, Cu, Au	B07
Au*	Volcanic-hosted U	D06
Au*	Sediment-hosted Cu	E04
Au*	Blackbird sediment-hosted Cu-Co	E15
Au*	Shale-hosted Ni-Zn-Mo-PGE	E16
Au*	Besshi massive sulphide Cu-Zn	G04
Au*	Cyprus massive sulphide Cu (Zn)	G05
Au*	Hot-spring Hg	H02
Au*	Sn-Ag veins	H07
Au*	Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+Au	I05
Au*	Cu+Ag quartz veins	I06
Au*	Silica veins	I07*
Au*	Silica-carbonate Hg	I08
Au*	Stibnite veins and disseminations	I09
Au*	Unconformity-associated U	I16
Au*	Polymetallic mantos Ag-Pb-Zn	J01
Au*	Cu skarns	K01
Au*	Pb-Zn skarns	K02
Au*	Fe skarns	K03
Au*	Mo skarns	K07
Au*	Gabbroid Ni-Cu-PGE	M02
Au*	Broken Hill-type Pb-Zn-Ag+Cu	S01

Commodities	Deposit Type	BC Profile#
quartz	Alaskite	R14*

Commodities	Deposit Type	BC Profile #
leonardite*	Lignite	A02
Li	Rare element pegmatite - LCT family	O01
lime (agricultural)	Travertine	H01
lime	Marl	B11*
lime	Limestone	R09
lime*	Dimension stone-marble	R04

Commodities	Deposit Type	BC Profile #
onyx*	Travertine	H01
opal	Sedimentary-hosted opal deposits	Q08
opal	Opal deposits in volcanic sequences	Q11
Os*	Podiform chromite	M03
Os*	Alaskan-type PGE	M05

Commodities	Deposit Type	BC Profile #
Ra	Rare element pegmatite - LCT family	O01
Rb	Rare element pegmatite - LCT family	O01
red ochre*	Gossan Au-Ag	B10
REE	Volcanic-hosted U	D06
REE	Carbonatite-hosted deposits	N01
REE	Rare element pegmatite - NYF family	O02
REE*	Marine placers	C03
REE*	Iron oxide breccias and veins +P+Cu+Au+Ag+U	D07
refractory claystone	Sedimentary kaolin	E07
Rh*	Alaskan-type PGE	M05
rhodonite	Rhodonite	Q02
rhodonite*	Volcanogenic Mn	G02
rip-rap	Crushed rock	R15*
rip-rap*	Dimension stone - granite	R03
rip-rap*	Dimension stone - marble	R04
rip-rap*	Dimension stone - andesite	R05
rip-rap*	Dimension stone - sandstone	R06*
Ru*	Podiform chromite	M03
ruby	Corundum in aluminous metasedimentary rocks	P06
ruby	Alkalic-hosted gem corundums	Q09
ruby	Gem corundums in basalts and lamprophyres	Q10
ruby*	Surficail placers	C01
ruby*	Buried-channel placers	C02
rutile	Marine placers	C03
rutile*	Surficial placers	C01
rutile*	Buried-channel placers	C02

Commodities	Deposit Type	BC Profile #
Ta*	Carbonatite-hosted deposits	N01
Ta*	Rare element pegmatite - NYF family	O02
talc	Carbonate-hosted talc	E08
talc	Ultramafic-hosted talc-carbonate	M07
tar*	Lignite	A02
tar*	Sub-bituminous coal	A03
tar*	Bituminous coal	A04
Th*	Marine placers	C03
Th*	Carbonatite-hosted deposits	N01
Th*	Volcanic-hosted U	D06
Ti	Marine placers	C03
Ti	Magmatic Fe+Ti+V oxide deposits	M04
Ti*	Paleoplacer U-Au-PGE-Sn-Ti-diam-mag-gar-zir	C04*
Ti*	Carbonatite-hosted deposits	N01
topaz*	Surficial placers	C01
topaz*	Buried-channel placers	C02
topaz*	Schist-hosted emerald deposits	Q07
tourmaline*	Surficial placers	C01
tourmaline*	Buried-channel placers	C02
tourmaline*	Schist-hosted emerald deposits	Q07

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Listing of B.C. Mineral Deposit Profiles by Commodity Index - Version 2.1