List of mines in British Columbia

This is an incomplete list of mines in British Columbia, Canada and includes operating and closed mines, as well as proposed mines at an advanced stage of development (e.g. mining permits applied for). Mines that are in operation are in bold. Past producers which are under re-exploitation, re-development and/or re-promotion are in italics. Also in italics are major projects under development or subject to controversy.

Mine	Commodities[1]	Coordinates	Associated town	Region/locality	Owner(s)[2]	Dates	Comments	References
Blue Hawk Mine	Au, Ag, Pb, Cu, Zn	49°59′02″N 119°31′10″W / 49.98389°N 119.51944°W	Westbank (West Kelowna)	Okanagan		1930s-1988		[3]
Boss Mountain Mine	Mo, Cu, Zn, W, Ag, Bi	52°05′48″N 120°54′27″W / 52.09667°N 120.90750°W	Hendrix Lake (43 km SE of Horsefly)	Cariboo		1917-	aka Hendrix Lake Mine, Timothy Mountain Mine	[4]
Bralorne Mine	Au, Ag, Pb, Zn, Cu, W	50°46′40″N 122°49′20″W / 50.77778°N 122.82222°W	Bralorne	Bridge River Country			Founders were Frank and Delina Noel of the Lorne Mine, major developer was David Sloan. One of Canada's deepest mines.	[5]
Britannia Mine	Cu, Zn, Pb, Ag, Au, Cd	49°36′40″N 123°08′28″W / 49.61111°N 123.14111°W	Britannia Beach	Howe Sound	Britannia Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. (1904–1963) Anaconda (1963–1974)	1904–1974	Now the Britannia Mine Museum; often used as film set	[6]
Bullion Mine	Au	52°37′38″N 121°38′21″W / 52.62722°N 121.63917°W	Bullion (near Likely)	Cariboo	Placer Dome	1859-	aka the Bullion Pit and China Pit, one of the largest placer gold mines in the world	[7][8][9][10]
Cariboo Amelia Mine	Au, Ag, Pb, Zn, Cu, Pyrophyllite, Silica	49°6′57″N 119°11′02″W / 49.11583°N 119.18389°W	Camp McKinney/Bridesville(N of Rock Creek	Okanagan Highland/Boundary Country	Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company	1894–1962	aka Cariboo Mine, Camp McKinney Mine, various; British Columbia's first dividend-paying gold mine	[11][12][13]
Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine	Au, Ag, W, Bi, Pb, Zn	53°05′23″N 121°33′41″W / 53.08972°N 121.56139°W	Wells	Cariboo		1870s onwards, peak years 1833–1987		[14]
Cassiar Mine	Asbestos, Chrysotile, Jade/Nephrite, Gemstones, Mg	59°19′30″N 129°49′05″W / 59.32500°N 129.81806°W	Cassiar	Cassiar Country		1950-	asbestos mining ended in 1989, now in development for magnesium	[15]
Copper Mountain Mine	Cu, Au, Ag	49°19′52″N 120°32′03″W / 49.33111°N 120.53417°W	Copper Mountain & Allenby	Similkameen			aka Similco, amalgamated with Ingerbelle 1977-78	[16][17]
Craigmont Mine	Cu, Fe, Ag, Au	50°12′27″N 120°55′34″W / 50.20750°N 120.92611°W	Merritt	Nicola Country		1962-82 (copper), 1992-present (magnetite)		[18][19]
Estella Mine	Ag, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cu, Au	49°46′10″N 115°36′19″W / 49.76944°N 115.60528°W	Wasa	East Kootenay	United Estella Mines, Giant Mascot Mines, Giant Soo Mines			[20]
Giant Mascot Mine	Ni, Cu, Cr, Co, Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, Zn	49°29′01″N 121°29′05″W / 49.48361°N 121.48472°W	Hope	Southern Lillooet Ranges			aka Giant Nickel, Choate	[21][22][23]
Golden Cache Mine	Au	50°38′30″N 122°04′55″W / 50.64167°N 122.08194°W	Lillooet	Cayoosh Creek, Lillooet		1897–1901	Caused a local gold rush and helped launch discoveries in the nearby Bridge River Valley; later seen to have been a speculatory scam based on salted prospects	[24][25][26][27]
Granisle Mine		54°56′40″N 126°09′26″W / 54.94444°N 126.15722°W	Granisle (nr Smithers)	Babine Lake/Omineca	Granby Mining and Smelting			[28]
Hat Creek Coal Mine	coal (lignite)	50°46′11″N 121°36′15″W / 50.76972°N 121.60417°W	Pavilion-Upper Hat Creek	Lillooet Country		1893-	minor past producer; proposed for major coal-thermal power plant	,[29] see also [30]
Hedley Mascot Mine			Hedley	Similkameen			Today a mining museum
Hidden Creek Mine	Copper, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Zinc	55°26′21″N 129°49′27″W / 55.43917°N 129.82417°W	Anyox	Observatory Inlet		1914–1936	aka Anyox Mine	[31]
Highland Valley Copper	Cu, Mo, Ag, Au, Pb, Zn	50°29′08″N 121°02′54″W / 50.48556°N 121.04833°W	Logan Lake	NW Thompson Plateau			various mines: Bethlehem, Lornex, Highmont, Highland Valley	[32]
Kemess Mine	Cu, Au, Mo, Ag (Zn, Pb)	57°00′21″N 126°45′03″W / 57.00583°N 126.75083°W	N/A	Thutade Lake (Omineca Mountains)	Northgate Resources	1983-	officially Kemess South is only producer; Kemess West and Rat 1 are Showings, Kemess North is a developed prospect	[33][34]
Kitsault Mine	Mo, Ag, Pb, Zn, Cu, W	55°25′19″N 129°25′10″W / 55.42194°N 129.41944°W	Kitsault/Alice Arm (near Anyox)	Alice Arm, Observatory Inlet	Amax	1967–1972/1982		[35]
Minto Mine	Au, Cu, Ag, Pb, Zn	50°53′55″N 122°45′05″W / 50.89861°N 122.75139°W	Minto City	Bridge River Country	W.G. "Big Bill" Davidson	1934–1940		[36]
Morrison Mine	Cu, Au, Mo	55°11′24″N 126°19′07″W / 55.19000°N 126.31861°W	Granisle (nr. Smithers)	Stikine Country	Pacific Booker Minerals Inc.		Advanced porphyry-style Cu-Au-Mo property and planned mine, denied Environmental Assessment Certificate on 1 October 2012.	[37][38]
New Afton Mine	Au, Cu	50°40′34″N 120°20′27″W / 50.67611°N 120.34083°W	Kamloops, BC	Thompson Valley	New Gold	1960–1988, 2006–Present
Northair Mine	Au, Ag, Pb, Zn, Cu, Cd	50°06′52″N 123°06′13″W / 50.11444°N 123.10361°W	Whistler	Cheakamus Valley		1974–1982		[39]
Paradise Mine	Ag, Cu, Pb, Au		Panorama, British Columbia	Columbia Valley / East Kootenay			Private mine road access and Paradise Cabin maintained by Toby Creek Adventures - ATV and Snowmobile Tours. For additional information http://tobycreekadventures.com/the-paradise-mine	[40][41]
Phoenix Mine	Cu, Au, Ag, Pb, Fe, Talc	49°05′27″N 118°35′58″W / 49.09083°N 118.59944°W	Phoenix (Greenwood)	Boundary Country	Granby Mining and Smelting (among others)		various mines at this location, see second ref	[42][43]
Pioneer Mine	Au, Ag, Pb, Zn, Cu, Sb, W	50°45′40″N 122°46′50″W / 50.76111°N 122.78056°W	Pioneer Mine (Bralorne)	Bridge River Country		1897-	Later amalgamated with Bralorne Mine	[44]
Premier Mine	Au, Ag, Pb, Zn, Cu, Cd	56°03′06″N 130°00′51″W / 56.05167°N 130.01417°W	Premier (nr. Stewart-Hyder AK)	Portland Canal		1918–1988		[45][46][47]
Quinsam Coal Mine	Coal, Fireclay, Clay	49°56′07″N 125°29′15″W / 49.93528°N 125.48750°W	Campbell River	Mid Island	Hillsborough Resources			[48]
Quintette Mine	coal	55°01′40″N 121°11′45″W / 55.02778°N 121.19583°W	Tumbler Ridge	Hart Ranges (Northern Rockies)				[49][50][51][52]
Sparwood Mine	Coal		Sparwood	Elk Valley
Sullivan Mine	Pb, Zn, Ag, Sn, Cu, Au, Fe, S, Sb, Cd, Bi, In, W	49°42′27″N 116°00′19″W / 49.70750°N 116.00528°W	Kimberley	East Kootenay				[53]
Surf Inlet Mine	Au, Cu, Ag, Mb	53°05′29″N 128°52′56″W / 53.09139°N 128.88222°W	Port Belmont a.k.a. Surf Inlet	Princess Royal Island		c. 1900-		[54]
Tasu Mine	Fe, Cu, Ag, Au	52°45′24″N 132°02′36″W / 52.75667°N 132.04333°W	Tasu	Moresby Island		1908–1987	Magnetite lode discovered by Haida people in the late 18th century	[55]
Tulsequah Chief Mine	Zn, Cu, Pb, Ag, Au, Cd	58°44′09″N 133°36′04″W / 58.73583°N 133.60111°W	N/A	Taku River	Redfern Resources Ltd.	1925-		[56][57]
Windy Craggy Mine	Cu, Co, Au, Ag, Zn	59°44′09″N 137°44′37″W / 59.73583°N 137.74361°W	N/A	Tatshenshini-Alsek	Falconbridge / Geddee Resources		proposed, never developed, region now provincial park/ world heritage site	[58]
Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell	[]	.	N/A	[]	Seabridge Gold	.		[59]

See also

• List of ghost towns in British Columbia

References

1. By order of importance in showing/production. Commodities shown in brackets are from showings and prospects associated with the producing mine, but are not under production
2. In the case of sequential or multiple owners, only the last owner, or the largest shareholder, will be named, or the company best known for association with the mine, either by stature or longevity. For more details see the references in each case. Founders/discoverers or notable individual promoters/investors may be named in the "Comments" column.
3. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Blue Hawk Mine
4. MINFILE Mineral Inventory
5. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Bralorne Mine
6. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Britannia Mine
7. BCGNIS|49996|Bullion (mining camp)
8. BC Govt Property File search
9. MINFILE Mineral Inventory
10. Infomine listing
11. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Cariboo-Amelia Mine
12. Infomine.com listing "Camp McKinney
13. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, McKinney Creek Placer
14. MINFILE Mineral Inventory
15. MINFILE Mineral Inventory
16. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Copper Mountain Mine
17. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Ingerbelle Mine
18. Craigmont Mines
19. BC MINFILE Mineral Inventory
20. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Estella Mine
21. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Giant Mascot
22. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Star of Emeory 3 (Giant Mascot)
23. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Pride of Emory (Giant Mascot)
24. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Golden Cache
25. Short Portage to Lillooet, Irene Edwards, self-publ., Lillooet, 1976
26. Halfway to the Goldfields: A History of Lillooet, Lorraine Harris, Sunfire Publications
27. The Great Years: Gold Mining in the Bridge River Valley, Lewis Green, Tricouni Books, 2000
28. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Granisle
29. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Hat Creek Coal, Hat Creek No. 1, Hat Creek No. 2
30. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Pacific Bentonite/Hat Creek
31. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Hidden Creek Mine/Anyox Mine
32. Various: see MINFILE Search "Highland Valley"
33. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Kemess South
34. MINFILE Search, "Kemess"
35. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Kitsault Mine
36. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Minto Mine
37. Morton, Brian (1 October 2012). "Morrison Lake mine rejected by B.C. government over concerns about salmon". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
38. "Morrison Mine project denied Environmental Assessment Certificate". British Columbia Information Bulletin 2012ENV0061-001446. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
39. MINFILE Mineral Inventory
40. MINEFILE Mineral Inventory
41. Minelistings.com
42. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Phoenix (Knob Hill)
43. MINFILE Search "Phoenix"
44. MINFILE Mineral Inventory
45. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Premier Mine/Premier Silbak
46. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Northern Lights/Premier Border
47. Vancouver Mine/Premier Extension
48. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Quinsam Coal
49. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Quintette
50. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Quintette Shikano)
51. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Babcock (Quintette)
52. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Quintette (Frame)
53. MINFILE Mineral Inventory
54. MINFILE Mineral Inventory
55. MINFILE Mineral Inventory
56. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Tulsequah Chief Mine
57. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Big Bull/Tulsequah Chief
58. MINFILE Mineral Inventory, Windy Craggy