Kootenay-Boundary Region Overview

Ministry of Energy, Mines and
Petroleum Resources
Kootenay-Boundary Region
Overview
Dave Grieve
Regional Geologist
Cranbrook
KEG 2012
Kootenay-Boundary Region
Ministry of Energy, Mines and
Petroleum Resources
Terranes
2011 exploration expenditures:
$38.5M
37.5% increase
45
Millions of dollars
40
35
Industrial
minerals,
2.5%
Coal, 39.5%
30
25
Metals,
58.0%
20
15
10
5
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2011 Notices of Work
Kootenay-Boundary Region
• Revelstoke-Lardeau –
polymetallic, gold, rare
earths
Mineral and coal
Placer
Aggregate and
rock quarry
• West Kootenays – silver,
gold, copper-gold,
molybdenum,
polymetallic, base metals
• Boundary District –
gold, copper-gold,
polymetallic, magnesium
• Elk Valley coal
• S. Purcells – gold and/or
base metals
Intrusive rocks (Jurassic,
Cretaceous, Tertiary)
Mesozoic sequences
Paleozoic sequences
Proterozoic sequences
Wildcard
Wildcard
Elk Valley
Elk Valley
- mining
Fording River
Fording River
Greenhills
Elkford
Line Creek
Coal mines –
Teck Coal
Limited
Sparwood
Elkview
Greenhills
Elkview
Fernie
Coal Mountain
•Teck Coal Limited is the world’s second
largest export supplier of metallurgical
coal
•open pit operations
•employ >3600
•total 2011 production of >23 million
tonnes clean coal
• predominantly hard coking coal; some
PCI coal and thermal coal
• $206/t for coking coal (down 40%
from last year)
Line Creek
50 km
Coal Mountain
J-K Kootenay Group
Elk Valley
- development
Fording River
Greenhills
• Line Creek Operations Phase 2
• major expansion area for LCO
• Burnt Ridge North/Mount Michael
• EA application January 2012
Line Creek
• BR2 Pit (Baldy Ridge)
Elkview
Sparwood
Fernie
• Elkview Operations expansion within
current operations area
• north of BR1 highwall
• approved January 2012 (sub-EA)
Coal Mountain
50 km
J-K Kootenay Group
Coal mines
• Bingay Creek
• Centremount Coal
• feasibility study
underway
• metallurgical coal
Elk Valley
- exploration
Fording
River
• Swift
Project
Greenhills
• Teck Fording River Operations
• west side of property - Greenhills Range
• major future expansion area for FRO
• Environmental Assessment process – preapplication
Line Creek
Sparwood
Fernie
• Marten Wheeler
Elkview • Teck Coal
• possible replacement
reserves for Coal
Mountain
• metallurgical coal
Coal Mountain
• Coal Creek
• Crowsnest Pass Coal Mining Ltd
• exploration for underground mineable
coal, east of historic Coal Creek Colliery
• metallurgical coal
50 km
J-K Kootenay Group
Coal mines
Cranbrook
Intrusive
Mesozoic
Cranbrook
Paleozoic
Proterozoic
• Sully
• Omineca Mining and Metals
• SEDEX target at Sullivan time
• ongoing drilling of gravity anomaly @ 600 to
1000m depth – 4 holes planned
K
J
J
Cretaceous
• Iron Range (presentation yesterday)
• Providence Resources/Eagle Plains Resources JV
• 2 styles: SEDEX Pb-Zn-(Au)-(Ag)
Fe-breccia associated Au (IOCG?)
• associated with Iron Range fault system
• identified potential hydrothermal vent at Sullivan time
• evidence inc. Talon zone: Au-Pb-Zn-Ag massivesulphide mineralization at or near Sullivan horizon
• Dewdney Trail
• PJX Resources
• Au associated with qtz veins in Aldridge
Fm quartzites (sediment-hosted vein
model)
• initial drilling program in 2011
• Silver Fox
• Kootenay Silver
• stratabound Ag-Cu-Pb-Zn associated with Creston Fm
quartzites
25km
Nelson-Salmo
Nelson
Intrusive
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
• Kenville Gold Mine (Nelson Mining Camp property)
• Anglo Swiss Resources
• Silver King shear zone
• past-producer of Au-Ag-Cu veins in Eagle Creek pluton
• 500 m south extension of high-grade Au veins
discovered through recent drilling
• 2012 drilling results include 14.14 g/t Au over 3.08 m
Ministry of Energy, Mines and
Petroleum Resources
Proterozoic
J
• Star-Toughnut
• Valterra Resources
• Au-Ag-Cu with porphyry affinities
• Rossland Group volcanics
• Silver King shear zone
• mineralized trend defined over 3.5 km
strike length
Jurassic
Bonnington
Cretaceous
J
• Kena
• Sultan Minerals
• porphyry-style Au and Cu-Au associated
with Rossland Group volcanics and Silver
King porphyry
• bulk tonnage and high-grade targets
• high-grade Au corridor intersected over
5.65 km strike length; average 15.65 g/t Au
over minimum 2.0 m
•option agreement signed with Altair
Ventures
J
J
K
25km
Salmo
Intrusive
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Ministry of Energy, Mines and
Petroleum Resources
Proterozoic
J
• Klovance (Castlegar Project)
• Swift Resources
• shear-hosted polymetallic
mineralization (Ag, Pb, Zn, Cu, Au)
• two types: polymetallic veins and
pyrrhotite replacements
• initial drill program in 2011
Jurassic
(Bonnington)
J
• Stewart
• Emgold Mining
• Mo, W, Cu, Au, Ag, Re
• 2011 focus on Stewart moly zone (SMZ)
• Mo associated with a breccia pipe
• SMZ is 200 m in length, has been drilled
to 150 m depth
• results include 58.65 m averaging
0.198% Mo
Cretaceous
J
J
K
• Jersey-Emerald
• Sultan Minerals
• past producers Jersey (Pb-Zn) and
Emerald (W), HB (Pb-Zn)
• Pb-Zn is probably “Irish-style” –
stratabound in carbonates
• W is skarn related
• also Mo, Au and Ag
• LOI in late 2011 with Tunxsten Resources
Ltd to begin to move towards production
25km
RosslandTrail
Intrusive
Mesozoic
Rossland-Trail
Ministry of Energy, Mines and
Petroleum Resources
Paleozoic
J
• Jumping Josephine (JJ)
• Astral Mining/Kootenay Silver
• high-grade Au associated with quartz
stockworks in a NE-trending shear zone,
hosted by Jurassic intrusion
• JJ Main zone intersected over a strike length
greater than 900m and 240 m vertical depth
• 2011 resource estimate: 363 000 tonnes
indicated @ 2.95 g/t Au
Jurassic
J
• Record Ridge Magnesium Project (Rossland)
• West High Yield Resources (W.H.Y.)
• Mg in ultramafic
• also Au in quartz veins (Rossland camp,
Midnight, etc)
• close-spaced drilling in 2011 for preliminary
economic assessment for magnesium
Jurassic
J
Tertiary
25km
Greenwood
Intrusive
Mesozoic
Greenwood
Paleozoic
Ministry of Energy, Mines and
Petroleum Resources
• Greenwood Gold Project
I.M. mine
Tertiary
• Grizzly Discoveries
• Copper Mountain, Motherlode, Dayton, Ket 28,
Overlander and others
• multiple target types in various settings,
emphasis on gold
• drilled various sites, including Dayton, Ket 28 and
Motherlode, in 2011
• new bulk tonnage Cu-Au target drilled at the
Dayton
• new Au-Ag zone discovered at the historic
Motherlode (skarn) mine west of Greenwood
Cretaceous
K
Tertiary
J
K
• Greenwood Project
•Golden Dawn Minerals
•Wild Rose/Tam O’Shanter (Au-Cu) and
Boundary Falls /May Mac (Au-Ag)
• vein and bulk tonnage targets
• Wild Rose: Deadwood Gold zone – bulk
tonnage target, drill tested over 1500m strike
length
• underground exploration planned at historic May
Mac and Wild Rose mines in 2012
J
Winner
25km
Slocan
Slocan
Intrusive
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Ministry of Energy, Mines and
Petroleum Resources
Proterozoic
Cretaceous
K
Jurassic
(Nelson)
25km
• Slocan Silver Project
• Klondike Silver
• vein-style Ag-Pb-Zn in Slocan Group
• historic mining area: Sandon,
Hewitt, Silverton Creek, Payne, Cody
Creek and Jackson Basin camps
• includes Silvana Mill @ Sandon
• underground work at the Silvana
Mine in 2011
Trout Lake
Intrusive
Paleozoic
Proterozoic
Metal mine
Trout Lake
Ministry of Energy, Mines and
Petroleum Resources
• MAX
• Roca Mines
• only producing metal mine in region in 2011
• underground Mo operation – permitted for
1000 tonnes per day
• porphyry Mo deposit related to Cretaceous
Trout Lake intrusion
• next presentation (Scott Broughton)
25km
MAX
Jurassic
(Kuskanax)
• Kootenay Arc Gold Project
• Mineral Mountain Resources
• individual properties include Black Warrior,
Butte Bonanza, Spine Mountain, Pulley Creek
• polymetallic occurrences with Au and/or Ag
• veins, Carlin and other target types
Cretaceous
• hosted by Lardeau Group
RevelstokeGolden
Intrusive
Revelstoke-Golden
Paleozoic
Proterozoic
I.M. mine
J
50 km
• J&L
• Huakan International Mining
• stratiform Au-Ag-Pb-Zn in Hamill Group metasediments
• 2011 resource estimate: 2.37 Mt measured plus indicated @
6.81 g/t Au, 67 g/t Ag and 6.37% combined Pb-Zn
• u/g development and drilling ongoing
J
Moberly
Source: Huakan Mining website
K
• Moberly
• Heemskirk Canada mine and plant
• produces quartz sand from friable
Ordovician quartzite (Mt Wilson Fm)
• Stockpiled material shipped to
several markets in 2011
• positive 2011 feasibility study for
development of a frac sand
operation
Invermere
Intrusive
Mesozoic
Invermere
Paleozoic
Ministry of Energy, Mines and
Petroleum Resources
25km
Proterozoic
I.M. mines
Cambrian/Cambro-Ordovician
• Mt Brussilof
• Baymag Inc magnesite mine
•180 000 tonnes in 2011 (projected)
• Mg alteration zone in Cambrian
carbonates
• Struna Creek exploration
Mt Brussilof
Devonian Burnais Fm et al
K
• International Basin
• Kingsman Resources
• polymetallic veins with Au in
Horsethief Creek Group
• 3.5 km structural corridor
containing mineralized qtz veins
• drill tested continuity of some
of the known mineralized veins
and vein systems
K
• Ptarmigan (past producer)
• Silver Mountain Mines
• polymetallic veins with gold
and high-grade
ElkhornAg in upper
Purcell Supergroup strata
• drill tested the Upper
Ptarmigan massive sulphide
and Iron Cap lead-silver
trends in 2011
• Elkhorn
• CertainTeed Gypsum Canada mine
• 430 000 tonnes in 2011 (projected)
• Dev. Burnais Formation - evaporite
• Burnais Draw exploration
8th annual
MINERALS SOUTH 2012
NELSON, BC
Prestige Lakeside Resort
NOVEMBER 5 TO 8
Thanks for your
attention
ALSO: Without the cooperation of people like
these, the Regional Geologists’ jobs would not be
possible. THANKS!