| 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 |
Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn |
Carbonate-hosted 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, Calcareous sinter |
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* |
|
| 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 (not a formal Mineral Deposit Profile) |
|
- - |
|
| T02 |
Geothermal spring (not a formal Mineral Deposit Profile) |
Spring water, Hot spring |
- - |
Liard Hot Springs |
| * |
Unknown |
|
- - |
