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32 million kilograms of molybdenum
and 236 kilograms of rhenium from 367
million tonnes of ore mined between 1971
and 1995. Advanced porphyry prospects
along a west-northwest trend from Island
Copper are objects of current exploration.
Although not part of Wrangellia in a
geological sense, overlying Cretaceous
sediments (Nanaimo Group) deserve an
honourable mention. These host the coal
deposits that started the mining industry
on Vancouver Island. From the mid-19th
century to the mid-20th century, the
mines of the Nanaimo coal fields employed
thousands and produced over 50 million
tonnes of mostly thermal coal. Vancouver
Island coal production has continued
to 2016 with the Quinsam mine near
Campbell River. It produced more than 10
million tonnes before being placed on care
and maintenance in early 2016 due to low
prices – it still has substantial resources.
Post-accretionary magmatism, also not
strictly Wrangellian, is responsible for some
important mineral wealth. Historically, the
Zeballos Gold Camp produced nearly half
a million ounces from gold veins between
1934 and 1975. Mount Washington Copper
produced briefly from 1964 to 1967,
and Catface Copper has a substantial
copper and molybdenum resource on the
west coast of Vancouver Island. Eocene
magmatism brought these latecomers to
the party. On Haida Gwaii, the Harmony
gold deposit (Miocene) has a resource of
over three million contained ounces.
Copper-rich
skarn at the
Merry Widow
site, a past
producer of
magnetite iron
ore and one
of many past
producing
skarn deposits
in Wrangellia
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