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The MINFILE database has information on:
 | More than 12,300 metallic mineral, industrial mineral and coal mines, deposits
and occurrences documented in British Columbia. |
| Names; commodities; status (showings to major producing mines) and Mining Method (open
pit, underground). |
| Location (NTS map, BCGS Map, longitude/latitude, UTM, elevation,
Electoral District, Forest District, Location Certainty and Mining Division). |
| Mineralogy and alteration. |
| Host rock (lithology, stratigraphic names and ages). |
| Geological setting (tectonic belt, terrane, physiographic area and metamorphism). |
| Inventory (assays, reserves/resources and production).
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| Capsule geology and work history. |
| References and publications. |
| MINFILE/www
is an on-line application consisting of basic and advanced searches,
on-screen occurrence summary data and other reports and downloads. |
| A downloadable MS Access application
for local PC use is available as
MINFILE/pc Version 5. |
How to Reference MINFILE;
web examples, one for a specific occurrence and one for a map area. Modelled
after The Art & Science of Writing Geoscience Reports by Brian Grant (http://members.shaw.ca/geomanual/):
MINFILE (2006): Tulsequah Chief, 104K 002; BC
Ministry of Energy and Mines, MINFILE digital data, posted April 2006,
URL <http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/Geolsurv/Minfile/App/Summary.aspx?minfilno=104K++002>
[December 2004]
Jakobsen, D.E., Bradford, J., and Mihalynuk, M.G.
(1993): Skagway mineral occurrence data NTS 104M; BC Ministry of
Energy and Mines, MINFILE digital data, 88 occurrences, posted Nov
2004, URL <www.em.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geolsurv/Minfile/mapareas/104mcov.htm>
[December 2004]
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Click on the adjacent map to see a density plot showing all the mineral
occurrences in the MINFILE database. |
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