Operations Report No. 4 – Pillar Recovery Methods Described at Sullivan Mine
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 3
- File Size:
- 610 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 12, 1963
Abstract
The Sullivan mine of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of Canada Ltd. is located one mile west of Kimberley. With its daily production of 10,000 tons, the mine is the largest in British Columbia and one of the outstanding mines of the world. The Sullivan orebody dips from nearly horizontal to 45". The ore zone is a bedded replacement de- posit in argillite with a width varying from a few inches up to 300 ft. The main sulfide minerals are pyrrhotite, pyrite, galena, and sphalerite. The chief metals produced are lead and zinc, with less important qualities of iron, silver, tin, antimony, bismuth, cadmium, indium and sulfur.
Citation
APA: (1963) Operations Report No. 4 – Pillar Recovery Methods Described at Sullivan Mine
MLA: Operations Report No. 4 – Pillar Recovery Methods Described at Sullivan Mine. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1963.