List of Published B.C. Mineral Deposit Profiles  

Three volumes documenting 87 mineral deposit profiles can be purchased for $60 Can. plus tax and handling (How to purchase).  The individual volumes are described below:

 

OPEN FILE 1999-10

Link to OPEN FILE 1999-10

 

Selected British Columbia Mineral Deposit Profiles, Volume 3 - Industrial Minerals and Gemstones,
Simandl, G.J.; Hora, Z.D. and Lefebure, D.V., Editors, British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1999-10, 136 pages.  Cost $25 Can. each plus tax and handling.

 

The OPEN FILE contains the following Mineral Deposit Profiles:

 

D01	Open-system zeolites
D02	Closed-basin zeolites
E06	Bentonite
E07	Sedimentary kaolin
E08	Carbonate-hosted talc
E09	Sparry magnesite
K08	Garnet skarns
K09	Wollastonite skarns
M04	Ultramafic-hosted Ti-Fe-V oxide deposits
M06	Ultramafic-hosted chrysotile asbestos
M07	Ultramafic-hosted talc-magnesite
M08	Vermiculite
N01	Carbonatite-associated deposits
N02	Kimberlite-hosted diamonds
N03	Lamproite-hosted diamonds
P01	Andalusite hornfels
P02	Kyanite, muscovite, garnet in metasediments
P03	Microcrystalline graphite
P04	Crystalline flake graphite
P05	Vein graphite in metamorphic terranes
P06	Corundum in alumina-rich metasediments
Q06	Columbia-type emeralds
Q07	Schist-hosted emeralds
Q08	Sediment-hosted opal
Q09	Ultramafic-related corundum (contact metamorphic/metasomatic)
Q10	Alkali basalt and lamprophyre-hosted sapphire and ruby
Q11	Volcanic-hosted opal

 

OPEN FILE 1996-13

Link to OPEN FILE 1996-13

 

Selected British Columbia Mineral Deposit Profiles, Volume 3 - Industrial Minerals and Gemstones,
Simandl, G.J.; Hora, Z.D. and Lefebure, D.V., Editors, British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1999-10, 136 pages.  Cost $25 Can. each plus tax and handling.

 

The OPEN FILE contains the following Mineral Deposit Profiles:

 

D01	Open-system zeolites
D02	Closed-basin zeolites
E06	Bentonite
E07	Sedimentary kaolin
E08	Carbonate-hosted talc
E09	Sparry magnesite
K08	Garnet skarns
K09	Wollastonite skarns
M04	Ultramafic-hosted Ti-Fe-V oxide deposits
M06	Ultramafic-hosted chrysotile asbestos
M07	Ultramafic-hosted talc-magnesite
M08	Vermiculite
N01	Carbonatite-associated deposits
N02	Kimberlite-hosted diamonds
N03	Lamproite-hosted diamonds
P01	Andalusite hornfels
P02	Kyanite, muscovite, garnet in metasediments
P03	Microcrystalline graphite
P04	Crystalline flake graphite
P05	Vein graphite in metamorphic terranes
P06	Corundum in alumina-rich metasediments
Q06	Columbia-type emeralds
Q07	Schist-hosted emeralds
Q08	Sediment-hosted opal
Q09	Ultramafic-related corundum (contact metamorphic/metasomatic)
Q10	Alkali basalt and lamprophyre-hosted sapphire and ruby
Q11	Volcanic-hosted opal

 

 

OPEN FILE 1995-20

Link to OPEN FILE 1995-20

 

Selected British Columbia Mineral Deposit Profiles, Volume 1 - Metallics and Coal, Lefebure, D.V. and Ray, G.E., Editors, British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Investment, Open File 1995-20. 

 

The OPEN FILE contains the following Mineral Deposit Profiles:

 

A02	Lignitic Coal
A03	Sub-bituminous coal
A04	Bituminous coal
A05	Anthracite
C01	Surficial placers
C02	Buried-channel placers
C03	Marine Placers
D07	Iron Oxide Breccias and veins P-Cu-Au-Ag-U
E14	Sedimentary Exhalative Zn-Pb
E15	Blackbird sediment-hosted Cu-Co
E16	Shale-hosted Ni-Zn-Mo-PGE
G04	Besshi massive sulphide Zn-Cu-Pb
G05	Cyprus massive sulphide Cu
G06	Noranda/Kuroko massive Cu-Pb-Zn
G07	Subaqueous hot springs Au-Ag
K01	Cu skarns
K02	Pb-Zn skarns
K03	Fe skarns
K04	Au skarns
K05	W skarns
K06	Sn skarns
K07	Mo skarns
L01	Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb)
L03	Porphyry Cu-Au: (Alkalic)
L04	Porphyry Cu+/-Mo+/-Au
L05	Porphyry Mo (Low-F-Type)
L06	Porphyry Sn
L07	Porphyry W
L08	Porphyry Mo (Climax-type)

 

 

YUKON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE 2005-5

Link to Yukon OPEN FILE 2005-5 (122.76MB)

 

This Yukon OPEN FILE contains the following Mineral Deposit Profiles:

 

E12	Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn (PDF 5MB)
L02	Plutonic-Related Au Quartz Veins & Veinlets (PDF 8.7MB)

 

 

NEW PROFILES NOT YET PUBLISHED IN AN OPEN FILE

A01	Peat
B05	Residual Kaolin

B12	Sand and Gravel
E02	Carbonate-hosted Cu-Pb-Zn
E17	Sedimentary-Hosted, Stratiform Barite

F01	Sedimentary Manganese
F02	Bedded Gypsum
F03	Gypsum-hosted Sulphur

H09	Hydrothermal Alteration Clays-Al-Si
I16	Unconformity-associated U
Q01	Jade
Q02	Rhodonite
R01	Cement Shale

R02	Expanding Shale

R03	Dimension Stone - granite

R04	Dimension Stone - marble

R06	Dimension Stone - sandstone

R09	Limestone
R10	Dolomite
R11	Volcanic Ash - pumice
R12	Volcanic glass - perlite

R13	Nepheline Syenite

R14

Alaskite

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