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| MINFILE User's Manual Appendices Index MINFILE User's Manual Table of Contents |
| Code | Description | Synonym | USGS | BC Example |
| A | ORGANIC | - - | ||
| A01 | Peat | - - | Fraser Delta, North Coast | |
| A02 | Lignite | "Brown coal" | - - | Skonun Point (Graham Island) |
| A03 | Sub-bituminous coal | Thermal coal, Black lignite | - - | Hat Creek, Princeton |
| A04 | Bituminous coal | Coking coal, Thermal coal | - - | Quintette, Bullmoose, Greenhills, Fording |
| A05 | Anthracite | Stone coal | - - | Mt Klappan |
| B | RESIDUAL/SURFICIAL | - - | ||
| B01 | Laterite Fe | Gossan Fe | - - | |
| B02 | Laterite Ni | 38a | ||
| B03 | Laterite-Saprolite Au | Eluvial placers | 38g | |
| B04 | Bauxite Al | Lateritic bauxite | 38b | Florence (Sooke) |
| B05 | Residual kaolin | Primary kaolin | 38h* | Lang Bay, Sumas Mountain |
| B06 | Fireclay | Refractory shale, Claystone, Clay | 38i* | Sumas Mountain Quinsam |
| B07 | Bog Fe, Mn, U, Cu, Au | - - | Whipsaw Creek, Limonite Creek Iron King | |
| B08 | Surficial U | "Calcrete U" | - - | Prairie Flats |
| B09 | Karst-hosted Fe, Al, Pb-Zn | - - | Villalta (Fe) | |
| B10 | Gossan Au-Ag | Residual Au; Precious metal gossans | - - | Villalta |
| B11 | Marl | - - | Cheam Lake (Chiliwack) | |
| B12 | Sand and Gravel | Aggregate, granular deposits, fluvial and glaciofluvial sediments, ice-contact deposits, outwash, alluvial sand and gravel, beach sand and gravel | - - | Colwood Delta, Coquitlam Valley, Sechelt, Stuart River esker complex, small deposits almost everywhere |
| C | PLACER | - - | ||
| C01 | Surficial placers | Placer Au-PGE-Sn- diamond-mag-gar-gems | 39a to e | Fraser River, Quesnel River, Graham Island |
| C02 | Buried-channel placers | Paleochannel placers | 39a to e | Williams Creek Otter Creek, Bullion mine |
| C03 | Marine placers | Off-shore heavy mineral sediments | 39f*? | Middlebank (off north end of Vancouver Island) |
| C04 | Paleoplacer U-Au-PGE-Sn- Ti-diam-mag-gar-zir | Quartz pebble conglomerate Au-U | 29a | Mulvehill |
| D | CONTINENTAL SEDIMENTS AND VOLCANICS | - - | ||
| D01 | Open-system zeolites | 25oa | Princeton Basin, Cache Creek area | |
| D02 | Closed-basin zeolites | 25ob | ||
| D03 | Volcanic redbed Cu | Basaltic Cu | 23 | Sustut Copper, Shamrock, NH |
| D04 | Basal U | - - | Blizzard, Tyee | |
| D05 | Sandstone U | Roll front U, Tabular U | 30c | |
| D06 | Volcanic-hosted U | "Epithermal" U, Volcanogenic U | 25f | Rexspar, Bullion (Birch Island) |
| D07 | Iron oxide breccias & veins ±P±Cu±Au±Ag±U | Olympic Dam type, Kiruna type | 29b,25i | Iron Range |
| E | SEDIMENT-HOSTED | - - | ||
| E01 | Almaden Hg | Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag | 27b | |
| E02 | Carbonate-hosted disseminated Au-Ag | Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn | 32c | |
| E03 | Carbonate-hosted disseminated Au-Ag | Carlin-type Au, Sediment-hosted micron Au | 26a,19c | Golden Bear ? |
| E04 | Sediment-hosted Cu | Sediment-hosted stratiform Cu | 30b | Roo, Commerce, Chal 4 |
| E05 | Sandstone Pb | 30a | ||
| E06 | Bentonite | Volcanic clay/ Soap clay | 28e?* | Parton River, Princeton, Quilchena |
| E07 | Sedimentary kaolin | "Secondary" kaolin | 31k* | Sumas Mountain Quinsam |
| E08 | Carbonate-hosted talc | Dolomite-hosted talc | 18?i* | Red Mountain, Silver Dollar |
| E09 | Sparry magnesite | Veitsch-type, Carbonate-hosted magnesite | 18i* | Mt. Brussilof, Driftwood Creek |
| E10 | Carbonate-hosted barite | Mississippi Valley type-barite | - - | Muncho Lake |
| E11 | Carbonate-hosted fluorspar | Mississippi Valley type-fluorite | 32d* | Liard Fluorite |
| E12 | Mississippi Valley type Pb-Zn | Carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn, Appalachian Zn | 32a/32b | Robb Lake, Monarch |
| E13 | Irish-type carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb | Kootenay Arc-type Zn-Pb, Remac-type | - - | Reeves MacDonald, HB, Jersey, Duncan |
| E14 | Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb-Ag | Sedex, Sediment-hosted massive sulphide | 31a | Sullivan, Cirque, Driftpile |
| E15 | Blackbird sediment hosted Cu-Co | Sediment-hosted Cu-Co massive sulphide | 24d | |
| E16 | Shale-hosted Ni-Zn-Mo-PGE | Sediment-hosted Ni | - - | |
| E17 | Sediment-hosted barite | Bedded barite | 31b | Kwadacha |
| F | CHEMICAL SEDIMENT | - - | ||
| F01 | Sedimentary Mn | 34b | ||
| F02 | Bedded gypsum | Marine evaporite gypsum | 35ae | Lussier River, Windermere |
| F03 | Gypsum-hosted sulphur | Frasch sulphur | - - | Trutch area |
| F04 | Bedded celestite | 35aa* | Kitsault Lake | |
| F05 | Palygorskite | Attapulgite | 34e* | |
| F06 | Lacustrine diatomite | Diatomaceous earth, Kieselguhr | 31s | Crownite Formation (Quesnel) |
| F07 | Upwelling-type phosphate | 34c | Fernie synclinorium | |
| F08 | Warm current-type phosphate | 34d | ||
| F09 | Playa and Alkaline Lake Evaporites | Hydromagnesite, Na carbonate lake brines | 35ba, bm(T) |
Milk River |
| F10 | Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation | 34a | ||
| F11 | Ironstone | Minette ores | 34f | Peace River region |
| G | MARINE VOLCANIC ASSOCIATION | - - | ||
| G01 | Algoma-type iron-formation | Taconite, Banded iron-formation | 28b | Falcon, Lady A |
| G02 | Volcanogenic Mn | 24c | ||
| G03 | Volcanogenic anhydrite/gypsum | - - | Britannia, Falkland | |
| G04 | Besshi massive sulphide Cu-Zn | Kieslager | 24b | Goldstream, Windy Craggy, Standard, True Blue |
| G05 | Cyprus massive sulphide Cu (Zn) | 24a | Anyox camp, Chu Chua, Lang Creek? | |
| G06 | Noranda/Kuroko massive sulphide Cu-Pb-Zn | 28a | Britannia, Kutcho Creek, Myra Falls | |
| G07 | Subaqueous hot spring Ag-Au | - - | Eskay Creek | |
| H | EPITHERMAL | - - | ||
| H01 | Travertine | Tufa | 35d* | Clinton, Slocan, Deep River |
| H02 | Hot spring Hg | 27a | Ucluelet | |
| H03 | Hot spring Au-Ag | 25a | Cinola, Clisbako, Wolf?, Trout? | |
| H04 | Epithermal Au,Ag, Cu: high sulphidation | Acid-sulphate, qtz-alunite Au, Nansatsu-type | 25d | Westpine, Taylor-Windfall, Mt. McIntosh |
| H05 | Epithermal Au-Ag: low sulphidation | Adularia-sericite epithermal | 25c | Lawyers, Blackdome, Silbak Premier |
| H06 | Epithermal Mn | 25g | ||
| H07 | Sn-Ag veins | Polymetallic Sn veins | 25h,20b | D Zone and Lang Creek (Cassiar) |
| H08 | Alkalic intrusion-associated Au | Alkalic intrusion-related Au, Au-Ag-Te veins | 22b | Flathead, Howell, Howe |
| H09 | Hydrothermal alteration clays-Al-Si | Kaolin, Alunite, Siliceous cap, Pyrophyllite | 25lb* | Monteith Bay, Pemberton Hills |
| I | VEIN, BRECCIA AND STOCKWORK | - - | ||
| I01 | Au-quartz veins | Mesothermal, Motherlode, saddle reefs | 36a | Bralorne, Erickson, Polaris-Taku |
| I02 | Intrusion-related Au pyrrhotite veins | Subvolcanic shear-hosted gold | - - | Scottie, Snip, Johnny Mountain, Iron Colt |
| I03 | Turbidite-hosted Au veins | Meguma-type | 36a | Frasergold, Reno, Queen, Island Mountain |
| I04 | Iron formation-hosted Au | Iron formation-hosted gold | 36b | |
| I05 | Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn±Au | Felsic intrusion-associated Ag-Pb-Zn veins | 22c,25b | Silver Queen, Beaverdell, Silvana, Lucky Jim |
| I06 | Cu±Ag quartz veins | Churchill-type vein Cu | ? | Davis-Keays, Churchill Copper, Bull River |
| I07 | Silica veins | - - | Granby Point | |
| I08 | Silica-Hg carbonate | 27c | Pinchi, Bralorne Takla, Silverquick | |
| I09 | Stibnite veins and disseminations | Simple and disseminated Sb deposits | 27d,27e | Minto, Congress, Snowbird |
| I10 | Vein barite | IM27e | Parson, Brisco, Fireside | |
| I11 | Barite-fluorite veins | 26c* | Rock Candy, Eaglet | |
| I12 | W veins | Quartz-wolframite veins | 15a | |
| I13 | Sn veins and greisens | 15b,15c | Duncan Lake | |
| I14 | Five-element veins Ni-Co-As-Ag±(Bi, U) | Ni-Co-native Ag veins, Cobalt-type veins | - - | |
| I15 | "Classical" U veins | Pitchblende veins, Vein uranium | - - | Purple Rose, Fisher, Dixie |
| I16 | Unconformity-associated U | Unconformity-veins, Unconformity U | 37a | |
| I17 | Cryptocrystalline magnesite veins | Bone magnesite, Kraubath-type magnesite | - - | Sunny, Pinchi Lake |
| J | MANTO | - - | ||
| J01 | Polymetallic manto Ag-Pb-Zn | Polymetallic replacement deposits | 19a | Bluebell, Midway |
| J02 | Manto and stockwork Sn | "Replacement" Sn, Renison-type | 14c | |
| J03 | Mn veins and replacements | covered by I05 and J01 | 19b | |
| J04 | Sulphide manto Au | Au-Ag sulphide mantos | - - | Mosquito Creek , Island Mountain |
| K | SKARN | - - | ||
| K01 | Cu skarn | 18a,b | Craigmont, Phoenix | |
| K02 | Pb-Zn skarn | 18c | Piedmont, Contact | |
| K03 | Fe skarn | 18d | Tasu, Jessie, Merry Widow, HPH | |
| K04 | Au skarn | 18f* | Nickel Plate | |
| K05 | W skarn | 14a | Emerald Tungsten, Dimac | |
| K06 | Sn skarn | 14b | Daybreak | |
| K07 | Mo skarn | - - | Coxey, Novelty | |
| K08 | Garnet skarn | - - | Crystal Peak | |
| K09 | Wollastonite skarn | 18g | Mineral Hill, Rossland | |
| L | PORPHYRY | - - | ||
| L01 | Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb) | Enargite Au, Transitional Au-Ag | 22a/25e | Equity Silver, Thorn |
| L02 | Porphyry-related Au | Granitoid Au, Porphyry Au | 20d | Snowfields |
| L03 | Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au | Diorite porphyry copper | - - | Afton, Copper Mountain, Galore Creek |
| L04 | Porphyry Cu ± Mo ± Au | Calcalkaline porphyry | 17,20, 21a1 |
Highland Valley, Gibraltar |
| L05 | Porphyry Mo (Low F- type) | Calcalkaline Mo stockwork | 21b | Endako, Kitsault, Glacier Gulch |
| L06 | Porphyry Sn | "Subvolcanic tin" | 20a | |
| L07 | Porphyry W | Stockwork W-Mo | 21c* | Boya |
| L08 | Porphyry Mo (Climax-type) | Granite molybdenite | 16 | |
| M | ULTRAMAFIC/MAFIC ASSOCIATION | - - | ||
| M01 | Flood Basalt-Associated Ni-Cu | Basaltic subvolcanic Cu-Ni-PGE | 5a/5b | |
| M02 | Tholeiitic intrusion-hosted Ni-Cu | Gabbroid-associated Ni-Cu | 7a | Giant Mascot, Nickel Mountain |
| M03 | Podiform chromite | 8a/8b | Castle Mountain, Scottie Creek | |
| M04 | Magmatic Fe-Ti±V oxide deposits | Mafic intrusion-hosted Ti-Fe deposits | 7b | Lodestone Mountain?, Tanglewood Hill? |
| M05 | Alaskan-type Pt±Os±Rh±Ir | Zoned ultramafic, Uralian-type | 9 | Tulameen Complex |
| M06 | Ultramafic-hosted asbestos | Serpentinite-hosted asbestos | 8d | Cassiar, Kutcho |
| M07 | Ultramafic-hosted talc-magnesite | 8f* | ||
| M08 | Vermiculite deposits | - - | Fort Fraser area | |
| N | CARBONATITES, KIMBERLITES & LAMPROITES | - - | ||
| N01 | Carbonatite-hosted deposits | 10 | Aley, Mount Grace tuff | |
| N02 | Kimberlite-hosted diamonds | Diamond pipes | 12 | Cross |
| N03 | Lamproite-hosted diamonds | 12 | ||
| O | PEGMATITE | - - | ||
| O01 | Rare element pegmatite - LCT family | Zoned pegmatite (Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum) | 13a*,b* | |
| O02 | Rare element pegmatite - NYF family | Niobium-Yttrium-Fluorine pegmatite | - - | |
| O03 | Muscovite pegmatite | Mica-bearing pegmatite | 13f* | |
| O04 | Feldspar-quartz pegmatite | Barren pegmatite | IM13g*, e* |
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| P | METAMORPHIC-HOSTED | - - | ||
| P01 | Andalusite hornfels | - - | Leech River | |
| P02 | Kyanite-sillimanite schists | - - | ||
| P03 | Microcrystalline graphite | "Amorphous" graphite | 18k | |
| P04 | Crystalline flake graphite | 37f | AA | |
| P05 | Vein graphite | "Lump and chip" graphite | 37g | |
| P06 | Corundum in aluminous metasediments | - - | ||
| Q | GEMS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (diamonds under N) | - - | ||
| Q01 | Jade | - - | Cry Lake, Ogden Mountain | |
| Q02 | Rhodonite | - - | Hill 60, Arthur Point, Cassiar | |
| Q03 | Agate | - - | ||
| Q04 | Amethyst | - - | ||
| Q05 | Jasper | - - | ||
| Q06 | Columbia-type emerald | 31c | ||
| Q07 | Schist-hosted emerald | Exometamorphic emerald deposit | - - | |
| Q08 | Sediment-hosted opal | Australian-type opal | - - | |
| Q09 | Gem corundum in contact zones | - - | ||
| Q10 | Gem corundum hosted by alkalic rocks | - - | ||
| Q11 | Volcanic-hosted opal | - - | ||
| R | INDUSTRIAL ROCKS | - - | ||
| R01 | Cement shale | - - | Dunsmuir shale, Sumas Mountain | |
| R02 | Expanding shale | - - | Nanaimo shale, Saturna Island | |
| R03 | Dimension stone - granite | Commercial term "granite" for dimension stone includes all fine, medium and coarse-grained, igneous rocks and some metamorphic rocks | - - | Kelly Island, Fox Island, Nelson Island, Squamish, Ashlu River, Elaho River, Skagit Valley, East Anderson River, Beaverdell, Okanagan Sunset, Pacific Pearl, Nelson |
| R04 | Dimension stone - marble | - - | Marblehead, Anderson Bay (Texada Island) | |
| R05 | Dimension stone - andesite | - - | Haddington Island | |
| R06 | Dimension stone - sandstone | 30d* | Saturna Island, Newcastle Island | |
| R07 | Silica sandstone | High-silica quartzite | 30e* | Moberley, Nicholson |
| R08 | Flagstone | - - | Salmo, Revelstoke | |
| R09 | Limestone | - - | Texada Island, Quatsino Belt | |
| R10 | Dolomite | - - | Crawford Bay, Rock Creek | |
| R11 | Volcanic ash/Cinder and pumice | Volcanic scoria, volcanic ejecta, agglomerate, pyroclastics, lapilli, tuff | - - | Mt. Meager, Salal Creek, Bridge River ash, Nazco, Wells Grey Park, Buse Lake |
| R12 | Volcanic glass - perlite | Onion skin rhyolitic glass, pitchstone, obsidian | IM25ka* | Frenier, Francois Lake. Uncha Lake |
| R13 | Nepheline syenite | - - | Trident Mountain | |
| R14 | Alaskite | - - | ||
| R15 | Crushed rock | Road metal, Riprap, Railroad ballast | - - | McAbbee, Gissome |
| S | OTHER | - - | ||
| S01 | Broken Hill-type Pb-Zn-Ag±Cu | Shuswap-type, Ammeburg-type Pb-Zn | - - | Cottonbelt, River Jordan, Ruddock Creek |
| T | MISCELLANEOUS | - - | ||
| T01 | Tailings | - - | ||
| T02 | Geothermal spring | Spring water, Hot spring | - - | Liard Hot Springs |
| * | Unknown | - - | ||
Total Entries: 181
The table of Deposit Types is based on Version 2.1, May, 1996 of the British Columbia Mineral Deposit Profiles of the BC Geological Survey. This table is continually being revised. For more information or comments on the deposit profiles contact David Lefebure: phone: (250) 952-0404; email: Dave.Lefebure@gov.bc.ca; Web: http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/Geolsurv/default.htm
References:
Simandl, G.J., Hora, Z.D. and Lefebure, D.V. Editors (1999): Selected British Columbia Mineral Deposit Profiles, Volume 3 - Industrial Minerals and Gemstones; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1999-10, 137 pages.
Lefebure, D.V. and Hoy, T., Editors (1996): Selected British Columbia Mineral Deposit Profiles, Volume 2 - Metallic Deposits; British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Investment, Open File 1996-13, 172 pages.
Lefebure, D.V. and Ray, G.E., Editors (1995): Selected British Columbia Mineral Deposit Profiles, Volume 1 - Metallic and Coal; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Open File 1995-20, 136 pages.
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