B.C.

Mineral Deposit Profiles - All Deposit Groups For published versions for many of these profiles refer to Open File 1996-13, Open File 199520, Open File 1999-10 and Geological Fieldwork 1997. More recent deposit profiles are only published online.

BC Profile # A01 A02 A03 A04 A05 B01* B02* B03* B04* B05 B07* B08 B09 B10

Deposit Type

Approximate Synonyms

USGS Model # ------38a 38g 38b 38h* -----

Peat Lignite Sub-bituminous coal Bituminous coal Anthracite Laterite Fe Laterite Ni Laterite-Saprolite Au Bauxite Al Residual kaolin Bog Fe, Mn, U, Cu, Au Surficial U Karst-hosted Fe, Al, Pb-Zn Gossan Au-Ag

-Brown coal Thermal coal, Black lignite Coking coal, Thermal coal Stone coal Gossan Fe -Eluvial placers Lateritic bauxite Primary kaolin -Calcrete U -Residual Au; Precious metal gossans --Placer Au-PGE-Sn-diamond-maggar-gems Paleochannel placers Off-shore heavy mineral sediments Quartz pebble conglomerate Au-

B11* B12 C01

Marl Sand and Gravel Surficial placers

--39a to e

C02 C03

Buried-channel placers Marine placers

39a to e 39f*?

C04*

Paleoplacer U-Au-PGE-Sn-Ti-

29a

diam-mag-gar-zir D01 D02 D03 D04 D05* D06 D07 Open-system zeolites Closed-basin zeolites Volcanic redbed Cu Basal U Sandstone U Volcanic-hosted U Iron oxide breccias & veins PCuAuAgU Almaden Hg Carbonate-hosted Cu-Pb-Zn Carbonate-hosted disseminated Au-Ag Sediment-hosted Cu Sandstone Pb Bentonite Sedimentary kaolin Carbonate-hosted talc Sparry magnesite

U --Basaltic Cu -Roll front U, Tabular U Epithermal U, Volcanogenic U Olympic Dam type, Kiruna type 25oa 25ob 23 -30c 25f 29b,25i

E01* E02 E03

Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn Carlin-type Au, Sediment-hosted micron Au Sediment-hosted stratiform Cu -Volcanic clay, Soap clay Secondary kaolin Dolomite-hosted talc Veitsch-type, carbonate-hosted magnesite Mississippi Valley-type barite Mississippi Valley-type fluorite Carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn, Appalachian Zn Kootenay Arc-type Zn-Pb, Remac-type Sedex, Sediment-hosted massive sulphide Sediment-hosted Cu-Co massive sulphide

27b 32c 26a,19c

E04 E05 E06 E07 E08 E09

30b 30a 28e?* 31k* 18?i* 18i*

E10 E11 E12

Carbonate-hosted barite Carbonate-hosted fluorspar Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn

-32d* 32a/32b

E13

Irish-type carbonate-hosted ZnPb Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb-Ag

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E14

31a

E15

Blackbird sediment-hosted Cu-Co

24d

E16 E17 E18

Shale-hosted Ni-Zn-Mo-PGE Sediment-hosted barite Carbonate-hosted, Nonsulphide Zn Sedimentary Mn Bedded gypsum Gypsum-hosted sulphur Bedded celestite Palygorskite Lacustrine diatomite Upwelling-type phosphate Warm current-type phosphate Playa and Alkaline Lake Evaporites Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation Ironstone Algoma-type iron-formation Volcanogenic Mn Volcanogenic anhydrite / gypsum Besshi massive sulphide Cu-Zn Cyprus massive sulphide Cu (Zn) Noranda / Kuroko massive sulphide Cu-Pb-Zn Subaqueous hot spring Ag-Au Travertine Hot spring Hg Hot spring Au-Ag Epithermal Au-Ag-Cu; high

Sediment-hosted Ni Bedded barite Hypogene

-31b

F01 F02 F03 F04* F05* F06 F07 F08 F09*

-Marine evaporite gypsum Frasch sulphur -Attapulgite Diatomaceous earth, Kieselguhr --Hydromagnesite, Na carbonate lake brines --

34b 35ae -35aa* 34e* 31s 34c 34d 35ba,bm(T)

F10*

34a

F11* G01 G02 G03* G04 G05 G06

Minette ores ---Kieslager ---

34f 28b 24c -24b 24a 28a

G07 H01 H02 H03 H04

-Tufa --Acid-sulphate, qtz-alunite Au,

-35d* 27a 25a 25d

sulphidation H05 Epithermal Au-Ag; low sulphidation Epithermal Mn Sn-Ag veins Alkalic intrusion-associated Au

Nansatsu-type Adularia-sericite epithermal 25c

H06* H07 H08

-Polymetallic Sn veins Alkalic intrusion-related Au, AuAg-Te veins Kaolin, Alunite, Siliceous cap, Pyrophyllite Mesothermal, Motherlode, saddle reefs Subvolcanic shear-hosted gold

25g 25h, 20b 22b

H09

Hydrothermal alteration clays-AlSi Au-quartz veins

25lb*

I01

36a

I02

Intrusion-related Au pyrrhotite veins Turbidite-hosted Au veins Iron formation-hosted Au Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-ZnAu

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I03 I04 I05

Meguma type Iron formation-hosted gold Felsic intrusionassociated Ag-PbZb veins Churchill-type vein Cu --Simple and disseminated Sb deposits --Quartz-wolframite veins -Ni-Co-native Ag veins, cobalttype veins Pitchblende veins, vein uranium Unconformity-veins, Unconformity U

36a 36b 22c, 25b

I06 I07* I08 I09

CuAg quartz veins Silica veins Silica-Hg carbonate Stibnite veins and disseminations

? -27c 27d,27e

I10 I11 I12* I13* I14

Vein barite Barite-fluorite veins W veins Sn veins and greisens Five-element veins Ni-Co-AsAg(Bi, U) Classical U veins Unconformity-associated U

IM27e 26c* 15a 15b, 15c --

I15 I16

-37a

I17

Cryptocrystalline magnesite veins Bone magnesite, Kraubath-type magnesite Polymetallic manto Ag-Pb-Zn Polymetallic replacement deposits Replacement Sn, Renison-type covered by I05 and J01 Au-Ag sulphide mantos ---------Enargite Au, Transitional Au-Ag Intrusion-related gold systems Diorite porphyry copper Calcalkaline porphyry Calcalkaline Mo stockwork Subvolcanic tin Stockwork W-Mo Granite molybdenite Granitoid Au, Porphyry Au Basaltic subvolcanic Cu-Ni-PGE Gabbroid-associated Ni-Cu --

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J01

19a

J02 J03* J04 K01 K02 K03 K04 K05 K06 K07 K08 K09 L01 L02 L03 L04 L05 L06 L07 L08 L09* M01* M02 M03

Manto and stockwork Sn Mn veins and replacements Sulphide manto Au Cu skarns Pb-Zn skarns Fe skarns Au skarns W skarns Sn skarns Mo skarns Garnet skarns Wollastonite skarns Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb) Plutonic-related Au Quartz Veins Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au Porphyry Cu Mo Au Porphyry Mo (Low F- type) Porphyry Sn Porphyry W Porphyry Mo (Climax-type) Porphyry-related Au Flood Basalt-Associated Ni-Cu Tholeiitic intrusion-hosted Ni-Cu Podiform chromite

14c 19b -18a,b 18c 18d 18f* 14a 14b --18g 22a/25e --17,20,21a1 21b 20a 21c* 16 20d 5a/5b 7a 8a/8b

M04

Magmatic Fe-TiV oxide deposits

Mafic intrusion-hosted Ti-Fe deposits Zoned ultramafic, Uralian-type Serpentinite-hosted asbestos ---Diamond pipes -Zoned pegmatite (LithiumCesium-Tantalum) Niobium-Yttrium-Fluorine pegmatite Mica-bearing pegmatite Barren pegmatite --Amorphous graphite -Lump and chip graphite --

7b

M05 M06 M07 M08 N01 N02 N03 O01

Alaskan-type PtOsRhIr Ultramafic-hosted asbestos Ultramafic-hosted talc-magnesite Vermiculite deposits Carbonatite-hosted deposits Kimberlite-hosted diamonds Lamproite-hosted diamonds Rare element pegmatite - LCT family Rare element pegmatite - NYF family Muscovite pegmatite Feldspar-quartz pegmatite Andalusite hornfels Kyanite-sillimanite schists Microcrystalline graphite Crystalline flake graphite Vein graphite Corundum in aluminous metasediments Jade Rhodonite Agate Amethyst Jasper Columbia-type emerald Schist-hosted emerald

9 8d 8f* -10 12 12 13a*,b*

O02

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O03 O04* P01 P02 P03 P04 P05 P06

13f* IM13g*,e* --18k 37f 37g --

Q01 Q02 Q03* Q04* Q05* Q06 Q07

------Exometamorphic emerald

-----31c --

deposit Q08 Q09 Q10 Sediment-hosted opal Gem corundum in contact zones Gem corundum hosted by alkalic rocks Volcanic-hosted opal Cement shale Expanding shale Dimension stone - granite Dimension stone - marble Dimension stone - andesite Australian-type opal ------

Q11 R01 R02 R03 R04 R05 ** (see R03) R06 R07 R08 R09 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15*

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Dimension stone - sandstone Silica sandstone Flagstone Limestone Dolomite Volcanic ash - pumice Volcanic glass - perlite Nepheline syenite Alaskite Crushed rock

-High-silica quartzite -------Road metal, Riprap, Railroad ballast Shuswap-type, Ammeburg-type Pb-Zn

30d* 30e* ----IM25ka* ----

S01

Broken Hill type Pb-Zn-AgCu

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