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Industrial Mineral Operations in BC

Industrial Mineral Operations in British Columbia

Operation NameIndustrial MineralNearest Major Community
AnyoxSlagTerrace
AshBasaltKamloops
Benson LakeLimestonePort Hardy
Black CrystalGraphiteCranbrook or Kelowna
Blubber BayLimestone and DolomiteCampbell River
BriscoTufaInvermere
BudBentoniteKelowna
Buse LakeSilicaKamloops
CassiarJadeDease Lake
CraigmontMagnetiteKamloops
Crawford BayDolomiteCranbrook
Dahl LakeLimestonePrince George
Dome CreekSlate and FlagstonePrince George
East Anderson RiverGraniteKamloops or Vancouver
ElkhornGypsumInvermere
FalklandGypsumInvermere
FiresideBariteDease Lake
Four JGypsumInvermere
Fox Island GraniteCampbell River
Gillies BayLimestoneCampbell River
GiscomeLimestonePrince George
GoldenSlateGolden
Gordon RiverMarbleNanaimo
Grand ForksSlagGrand Forks
GreenwoodSlagGreenwood
Haddington IslandAndesitePort Hardy
Hardy IslandGraniteCampbell River
Harper RanchLimestoneKamloops
HisnetMarbleCampbell River
ImperialLimestoneCampbell River
Jervis InletSlateVancouver
Kettle ValleyGneissKelowna
KlinkerOpalKelowna
Kootenay StoneFlagstoneCranbrook
Kutcho CreekJadeDease Lake
Lime CreekLimestoneTrail
MoberlySilicaGolden
Monteith BaySilica Port Hardy
Mount BrussilofMagnesiteInvermere
Mount MeagerPumiceVancouver or Kamloops
NazkoPumiceQuesnel
Nipple MountainFlagstoneKelowna
North ForkMonzoniteGrand Forks
PavilionLimestoneKamloops
Pem100Silica Port Hardy
Prince RupertSlatePrince Rupert
PumPumiceVancouver or Kamloops
RanchlandsZeoliteKamloops
Red LakeFuller?s EarthKamloops
RevelstokeFlagstoneRevelstoke
Rock CreekDolomiteRock Creek
Serpentine LakeJadeDease Lake
Shadow RidgeBasaltCranbrook
SirdarGraniteCranbrook
Skagit ValleyGraniteVancouver
SpumoniBasaltVancouver
Sumas MountainFireclay, Shale, Sandstone, GraniteVancouver
Swansea RidgeGabbroCranbrook
TahsisMarbleCampbell River
WRPGraniteKelowna
WinnerDioriteGrand Forks or Greenwood

References:

Cathro, M., Grant, B., Houle, J., Lane, B., Schroeter T., Simandl, G. J., Terry, D., Wojdak, P. 2003. Industrial minerals in British Columbia - 2003 review (GeoFile 2003-15). Victoria, BC: British Columbia Geological Survey.

Dawson, K. M., Panteleyev, A., Sutherland Brown, A. and Woodsworth, G. J. 1991. Regional metallogeny. In Geology of the Cordilleran Orogen in Canada, ed. H. Gabrielse and C. J. Yorath, The Geology of Canada, 4:707-768. Geological Survey of Canada.

Schroeter, T., Cathro, M., Grieve, D. Lane, R., Pardy, J., Ryan, B., Simandl, G. and Wojdak, P., 2004, British Columbia Mining and Mineral Exploration Overview 2004, BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.

For up-to-date information on industrial minerals operations in BC, please download the the Industrial Minerals of British Columbia - 2006 Review, or visit the BC Geological Survey Web site.
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