Mineral Exploration is the official publication of the Association of Mineral Exploration British Columbia.
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2014 roundup preview Field Trips Field Trip 1 • Myra Falls VMS Thursday, January 30 – Friday, January 31 The Myra Falls deposit consists of a number of mineralized zones such as the Marshall, Battle, HW and Lynx. The deposit is a complexly zoned volcanogenic massive sulphide contained within the Myra Formation of the Sicker Group volcanic rocks of Vancouver Island. The mineralization comprises polymetallic massive sulphide, polymetallic disseminated sulphide, zoned pyritic massive sulphide and stringer sulphide zones. The principal minerals are sphalerite, pyrite and chalcopyrite with minor galena, bornite, tennantite and locally significant secondary copper. In 2011, Myra Falls produced approximately 15,000 tonnes of zinc, 400 tonnes of lead, 1,600 tonnes of copper, 5,100 troy ounces of gold and 220,000 troy ounces of silver in concentrate, with grades of 7.2 per cent zinc, 1.2 per cent copper, 1.7 grams per tonne gold and 55 grams per tonne silver. The field trip will depart by bus from The Westin Bayshore mid-afternoon on p40-77_roundup.indd 69 Thursday, January 30. Following a night in Campbell River, the morning at Myra Falls will be spent touring through the underground. A surface tour will follow if time and weather permit. The tour will return to The Westin Bayshore in the late evening of Friday, January 31. The field trip fee includes a guidebook, transportation and accommodation, but does not include food. Field Trip 2 • Copper Mountain's Copper Porphyry Friday, January 31, 2014 This trip features a tour of Copper Mountain's open pit porphyry copper mine, which commenced full production in June 2011. The Copper Mountain Project consists of a five-billion-pound copper resource outlined in a newly designed "super pit" that encompasses three historically mined smaller pits. Participants will be guided through a geological tour of the pit walls, and will tour the core shack and the milling facilities. Time and weather permitting, a stop will be made at the famous Hope Slide locality. Be prepared for spectacular scenery as the tour takes us through the Cascade Range along the Crowsnest Highway. Delegates will depart from The Westin Bayshore the morning of Friday, January 31 and return in the evening. Technical Sessions Official Opening Ceremonies and 2013 Regional Reviews Monday, January 27 (morning) In addition to the Opening Ceremonies, this session will provide regional overviews of hot plays and active areas of exploration reviews both here in Canada and around the world. This year's areas of focus will be new discoveries, deposits and regional models of B.C. and Yukon; Nevada's gold plays; and Turkey's Tethyan Belt. Strategies for Discovery Monday, January 27 (afternoon) Discovery, the ultimate exploration success, can be achieved through a range of strategies conceived and implemented to take advantage of corporate, technical and financial strengths. Do stable w i n t e r 2 0 1 3 69 13-11-27 10:09 am