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Industrial minerals are in increasingly significant component of B.C.'s mineral wealth. British
Columbia has excellent geological potential for over 40 industrial mineral commodities and there are already over
2400 industrial mineral occurrences described and georeferenced in MINFILE, an interactive mineral occurrence
database available free on the internet at:
www.em.gov.bc.ca/Mining/GeolSurv/Minfile
The most economically significant industrial minerals produced are: magnesite, white calcium
carbonate, limestone, silica, dimension stone, gypsum, sulphur, construction aggregate and crushed rock.
Commodities produced in lesser quantities include jade (nephrite), magnetite, dolomite, barite, volcanic cinder,
pumice, flagstone, clay, tufa, fuller's earth and zeolites. There are more than 40 mines or quarries and at
least 20 major sites where upgrading of industrial minerals into value-added products takes place.
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INDUSTRIAL MINERALS EVENTS & FEATURE
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SELECTED INDUSTRIAL MINERAL PUBLICATIONS |
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| Kimberlite and
Diamond Indicator Minerals in Northeastern BC: A
Reconnaissance Survey:
GeoFile 2005-25
and Paper 2006-1-18 |
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Kimberlite Indicator
Minerals in the Fort Nelson Area, Northeastern BC: Paper 2005-1-RR13 |
| Heavy Mineral Survey and its Significance for
Diamond
Exploration, Fort Nelson Area, BC: GeoFile 2005-13 |
| Precambrian Basement - NE BC - New U-Pb Geochronological
Data and their Significance for
Diamond
Exploration: GeoFile 2005-12 |
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Diamond
Potential in BC - Progress Report: Paper 2004-1-26 |
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Kimberlites,
Melnoites and Look-Alikes in British Columbia: GeoFile 2003-22 |
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GENERAL PUBLICATIONS ON INDUSTRIAL
MINERALS |
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Mineral
Deposit Profiles |
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Industrial Mineral Operations in BC (Mineral Resources Education
Program) |
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Paper
2004-2: 37th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals |
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Industrial Minerals in BC 2003 – Review and
Opportunities |
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Industrial Mineral Endowment and Development Opportunities,
Northeast-Central BC |
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GF 2003-15: Industrial Minerals
in British Columbia - 2003 Review |
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GF 2002-7: Industrial Minerals
in British Columbia: 2002 Preliminary Review |
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GF 2001-3:
Industrial Mineral Endowment and Development Opportunities
Northeast-Central BC |
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OF 1999-10: Selected British
Columbia Mineral Deposit Profiles, Volume 3 - Industrial Minerals and
Gemstones |
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IC 1997-4: Focus on BC
Industrial Minerals '95 |
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GFW 1995: Industrial
Mineral Potential of the Tertiary Rocks, Vernon and Adjacent Map Areas
(082L) |
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OF 1994-23: Industrial
Minerals Opportunities in Pulp and Paper in British Columbia to the Year
2003 |
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IC 1994-15: Dimension Stone in
Victoria, BC |
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IC 1992-13: Industrial Minerals
in BC |
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OF 1992-9: MINFILE Data on
Major Industrial Mineral Deposits in BC |
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OF 1991-23: Industrial
Minerals of Alberta and British Columbia |
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OF 1990-23: Cretaceous and
Tertiary Stratigraphy and Industrial Minerals, Hat Creek, Southern BC |
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OF 1989-27: Geology and
Industrial Minerals in the Gang Ranch Area: Open File |
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OF 1989-21: Tertiary Stratigraphy and
Industrial Minerals, Bonaparte to Deadman Rivers |
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OF 1988-30: Tertiary
Stratigraphy and Industrial Minerals, Cache Creek Map Area, Southwestern
BC |
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OF 1988-29: Tertiary Stratigraphy and
Industrial Minerals: Fraser River, Lytton to Gang Ranch, British
Columbia |
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OF 1988-13: Industrial Mineral
Occurrences in British Columbia |
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OF 1988-15: Tertiary
Stratigraphy and Industrial Minerals, Merritt Basin, Southern British
Columbia |
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IC 1988-6:
British Columbia Dimension Stone |
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OF
1987-19: Tertiary Stratigraphy and
Industrial Minerals, Princeton and Tulameen Basins, British Columbia |
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For questions or more information on
geology and minerals in British Columbia please contact
BCGS Mailbox or use the toll free number (BC residents only).
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