Red Rose Mine, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadai
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
55° 8' 20'' North , 127° 36' 6'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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New Hazelton | 627 (2010) | 12.0km |
Smithers | 5,438 (2016) | 48.3km |
The following quotes are from B.C. Government site “Minfile”- Minfile No. 093M 067:
“Siltstone and argillite of the Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Bowser Lake Group are intruded by the Late Cretaceous Rocher Deboule granodiorite stock of the Bulkley Plutonic Suite. The sediments are hornfelsed by emplacement of the stock and are intruded by northeast trending diorite dikes which are older than the stock. Bedding in the sediments strikes 015 degrees and dips 30 to 50 degrees west. The Chicago Creek fault, striking 010 degrees and dipping 70 degrees west, cuts all rocks and is a normal fault with a dip slip of 600 to 900 metres.
The Red Rose vein-occupied shear is a small, 145 degree striking, 65 degree west dipping fault, mainly hosted in a diorite dike. The vein is 1.2 to 2.8 metres wide, 60 to 120 metres along strike, and at least 335 metres downdip. It is pegmatitic and contains largely quartz with lesser amounts of feldspar, biotite, hornblende, ankerite, tourmaline, apatite, scheelite, ferberite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, molybdenite and uraninite. Extensive lenses of chalcopyrite occur in the hanging wall shear. The biggest concentrations of radioactive material are erratically distributed with molybdenite in the wallrocks.
The vein has been developed and mined above the 1100-level and little is known below this level. Between 1942 and 1954, 103,424 tonnes produced 1,002,839 kilograms of tungsten. It is estimated that there are 13,600 tonnes of ore at a grade of approximately 1.9 per cent WO3 above the 1100-level (Bulletin 43). A 75-centimetre sample taken in 1914 assayed 28.8 grams per tonne gold, 110 grams per tonne silver and 3.9 per cent copper (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1914). A radioactive sample from the mine assayed 0.35 per cent equivalent uranium (Geological Survey of Canada Economic Geology 16).
Probable reserves above the 335-metre level are 13,606 tonnes grading 1.18 per cent tungsten (1.5 per cent WO3; conversion to tungsten used a factor of 1.2611).”
Further comments by Giles Peatfield regarding minerals reported:
I have been able to find no published confirmation of the presence of uraninite. It has been assumed to be present based on radioactivity of some material studied – see for example Stevenson (1947).
Stevenson (1947) quoted analytical data suggesting that the arsenopyrite he studied contained about 4% cobalt.
Four minerals (native copper, covellite, marcasite and siderite) are reported only by O’Neill (1919).
Interestingly, Stevenson (1947) does not report pyrite, although it was noted by several other writers.
Safflorite was reported by O’Neill (1919), and also by Stevenson (1943), although Stevenson did not list the mineral in his 1947 Economic Geology paper. Was he in 1943 simply reiterating O’Neill’s report? Safflorite at Red Rose must remain tentative.
Lang (1952) and Stevenson (1947) both mention wolframite, but give no further information. Was this actually ferberite, which is also reported by Stevenson?
Stevenson (1947) lists tungstite as “probable”.
And finally, of personal interest to me is that none of the writers reported sphalerite!- Giles Peatfield
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
23 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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ⓘ Albite Formula: Na(AlSi3O8) Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Albite var. Andesine Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Ankerite Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 Reference: JR Montgomery collection
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ⓘ 'Apatite' Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) Reference: JR Montgomery collection
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ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ 'Biotite' Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 Reference: JR Montgomery collection
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ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Reference: JR Montgomery collection
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ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Copper Formula: Cu Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Covellite Formula: CuS Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Epidote Formula: {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ 'Feldspar Group' Reference: https://minfile.gov.bc.ca/Summary.aspx?minfilno=093M++067 |
ⓘ Ferberite Formula: FeWO4 Reference: JR Montgomery collection
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ⓘ 'Hornblende' Reference: JR Montgomery collection
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ⓘ 'Leucoxene' Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ 'Limonite' Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Molybdenite Formula: MoS2 Reference: JR Montgomery collection
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ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Orthoclase Formula: K(AlSi3O8) Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS Reference: JR Montgomery collection
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ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: JR Montgomery collection
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ⓘ Safflorite Formula: (Co,Ni,Fe)As2 Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) Reference: JR Montgomery collection
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ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Titanite Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ 'Tourmaline' Formula: AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z Reference: JR Montgomery collection
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ⓘ Tungstite Formula: WO3 · H2O Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Uraninite Formula: UO2 Reference: JR Montgomery collection
https://minfile.gov.bc.ca/Summary.aspx?minfilno=093M++067 |
ⓘ 'Wolframite Group' Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
ⓘ Zircon Formula: Zr(SiO4) Reference: JR Montgomery collection |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Copper | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Covellite | 2.CA.05a | CuS |
ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
ⓘ | Molybdenite | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
ⓘ | Safflorite | 2.EB.15a | (Co,Ni,Fe)As2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Ferberite | 4.DB.30 | FeWO4 |
ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | Tungstite | 4.FJ.10 | WO3 · H2O |
ⓘ | Uraninite | 4.DL.05 | UO2 |
ⓘ | 'Wolframite Group' | 4.DB.30 va | |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Ankerite | 5.AB.10 | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Albite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
ⓘ | var. Andesine | 9.FA.35 | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
ⓘ | var. Oligoclase | 9.FA.35 | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
ⓘ | Epidote | 9.BG.05a | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
ⓘ | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
ⓘ | Orthoclase | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
ⓘ | Titanite | 9.AG.15 | CaTi(SiO4)O |
ⓘ | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
ⓘ | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
ⓘ | 'Biotite' | - | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Hornblende' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Leucoxene' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Tourmaline' | - | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
H | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
H | ⓘ Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
H | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
H | ⓘ Tungstite | WO3 · H2O |
H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
B | Boron | |
B | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
C | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Albite var. Andesine | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
O | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
O | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
O | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
O | ⓘ Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
O | ⓘ Ferberite | FeWO4 |
O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
O | ⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
O | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
O | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
O | ⓘ Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O |
O | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
O | ⓘ Tungstite | WO3 · H2O |
O | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
O | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
O | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
O | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
F | Fluorine | |
F | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
F | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
Na | Sodium | |
Na | ⓘ Albite var. Andesine | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
Na | ⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
Na | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
Mg | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Albite var. Andesine | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
Al | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
Al | ⓘ Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
Al | ⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
Al | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Al | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Al | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Albite var. Andesine | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
Si | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
Si | ⓘ Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
Si | ⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | ⓘ Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O |
Si | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
Si | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
P | Phosphorus | |
P | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Covellite | CuS |
S | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
Cl | Chlorine | |
Cl | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
K | Potassium | |
K | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
K | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
K | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Albite var. Andesine | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
Ca | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
Ca | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
Ca | ⓘ Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
Ca | ⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Ca | ⓘ Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O |
Ti | Titanium | |
Ti | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
Ti | ⓘ Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
Fe | ⓘ Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
Fe | ⓘ Ferberite | FeWO4 |
Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
Fe | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
Fe | ⓘ Safflorite | (Co,Ni,Fe)As2 |
Fe | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
Co | Cobalt | |
Co | ⓘ Safflorite | (Co,Ni,Fe)As2 |
Ni | Nickel | |
Ni | ⓘ Safflorite | (Co,Ni,Fe)As2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | ⓘ Covellite | CuS |
Cu | ⓘ Copper | Cu |
As | Arsenic | |
As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
As | ⓘ Safflorite | (Co,Ni,Fe)As2 |
Zr | Zirconium | |
Zr | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
Mo | Molybdenum | |
Mo | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
W | Tungsten | |
W | ⓘ Ferberite | FeWO4 |
W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
W | ⓘ Tungstite | WO3 · H2O |
U | Uranium | |
U | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)A more detailed listing of references for the Red Rose Mine can be found in Minfile – RED ROSE (No. 093M 067). The following are the more important ones, from which details of mineralogy were taken.
Kindle, E.D. 1954. Mineral resources, Hazelton and Smithers areas, Cassiar and Coast Districts, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 223 (Revised Edition), pp. 55-57.
Lang, A.H. 1952. Canadian deposits of Uranium and Thorium (Interim Account). Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series No. 16, p. 42.
Little, H.W. 1959. Tungsten Deposits of Canada. Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series No. 17, pp. 51-54.
O’Neill, J.J. 1919. Preliminary Report on the Economic Geology of Hazelton District, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 110, pp. 18-19.
Stevenson, John S. 1943. Tungsten Deposits of British Columbia. British Columbia Department of Mines, Bulletin No. 10 (Revised), pp. 60-67.
Stevenson, John S. 1947. Geology of the Red Rose Tungsten Mine, Hazelton, British Columbia. Economic Geology, Vol. XLII, No. 5, August, 1947. pp. 434-464.
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