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Buttle Lake District - Myra Falls, H-W, Lynx, Battle, the Gap
British Columbia, Canada
Main commodities: Cu Zn Pb Ag




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1996.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Godwin C I, Robinson M, Juras S J  1996 - Galena Lead isotopes, Buttle Lake Mining Camp, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v91 pp 549-562
Jones J J, Gemmell J B and Davidson G J,  2006 - Petrographic, Geochemical, and Fluid Inclusion Evidence for the Origin of Siliceous Cap Rocks Above Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposits at Myra Falls, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v101 pp 555-584
Jones S, Berry R and Sinclair B,  2006 - Multiple deformation episodes at Myra Falls volcanic-hosted massive sulfide camp, central Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada: in    Can. J. Earth Sci.   v43 pp 1711-1732
Jones S, Herrmann W and Gemmell J B  2005 - Short Wavelength Infrared Spectral Characteristics of the HW Horizon: Implications for Exploration in the Myra Falls Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Camp, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada: in    Econ. Geol.   v100 pp 273-294
McNulty, B.A., Gemmell, J.B., Davidson, G. and Fox, N.,  2023 - Integrated stratigraphy, lithofacies, and U-Pb geochronology of the Myra Falls VHMS deposits, British Columbia, Canada: implications for episodic volcanism and ore deposit formation: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.58, pp. 307-335.
Robinson M, Godwin C I, Stanley C R  1996 - Geology, lithogeochemistry, and alteration of the Battle Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Zone, Buttle Lake Mining Camp, Vancouver Island, British Columbia: in    Econ. Geol.   v 91 pp 527-548


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