| BC Profile |
Deposit Type |
Approximate Synonyms |
| A01 |
Peat |
-:- -:-
|
| A02 |
Lignite |
Brown coal |
| A03 |
Sub-bituminous coal |
Thermal coal, Black lignite |
| A04 |
Bituminous coal |
Coking coal, Thermal coal |
| A05 |
Anthracite |
Stone coal |
| B01 |
Laterite Fe |
Gossan Fe |
| B02 |
Laterite Ni |
-:- -:-
|
| B03 |
Laterite-Saprolite Au |
Eluvial placers |
| B04 |
Bauxite Al |
Lateritic bauxite |
| B05 |
Residual kaolin |
Primary kaolin |
| B07 |
Bog Fe, Mn, U, Cu, Au |
-:- -:-
|
| B08 |
Surficial U |
Calcrete U |
| B09 |
Karst-hosted Fe, Al, Pb-Zn |
-:- -:-
|
| B10 |
Gossan Au-Ag |
Residual Au; Precious metal gossans |
| B11 |
Marl |
-:- -:-
|
| B12 |
Sand and Gravel |
-:- -:-
|
| C01 |
Surficial placers |
Placer Au-PGE-Sn-diamond-mag-gar-gems |
| C02 |
Buried-channel placers |
Paleochannel placers |
| C03 |
Marine placers |
Off-shore heavy mineral sediments |
| C04 |
Paleoplacer U-Au-PGE-Sn-Ti-diam-mag-gar-zir |
Quartz pebble conglomerate Au-U |
| D01
|
Open-system zeolites |
-:- -:-
|
| D02
|
Closed-basin zeolites |
-:- -:-
|
| D03 |
Volcanic redbed Cu |
Basaltic Cu |
| D04 |
Basal U |
-:- -:-
|
| D05 |
Sandstone U |
Roll front U, Tabular U |
| D06 |
Volcanic-hosted U |
Epithermal U, Volcanogenic U |
| D07 |
Iron oxide breccias & veins
±P±Cu±Au±Ag±U |
Olympic Dam type, Kiruna type |
| E01 |
Almaden Hg |
Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag |
| E02 |
Carbonate-hosted Cu-Pb-Zn |
Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn |
| E03 |
Carbonate-hosted disseminated Au-Ag |
Carlin-type Au, Sediment-hosted micron Au |
| E04 |
Sediment-hosted Cu |
Sediment-hosted stratiform Cu |
| E05 |
Sandstone Pb |
-:- -:-
|
| E06 |
Bentonite |
Volcanic clay, Soap clay |
| E07 |
Sedimentary kaolin |
Secondary kaolin |
| E08
|
Carbonate-hosted talc |
Dolomite-hosted talc |
| E09 |
Sparry magnesite |
Veitsch-type, carbonate-hosted magnesite |
| E10 |
Carbonate-hosted barite |
Mississippi Valley-type barite |
| E11 |
Carbonate-hosted fluorspar |
Mississippi Valley-type fluorite |
| E12 |
Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn |
Carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn, Appalachian Zn |
| E13 |
Irish-type carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb |
Kootenay Arc-type Zn-Pb, Remac-type |
| E14 |
Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb-Ag |
Sedex, Sediment-hosted massive sulphide |
| E15 |
Blackbird sediment-hosted Cu-Co |
Sediment-hosted Cu-Co massive sulphide |
| E16
|
Shale-hosted Ni-Zn-Mo-PGE |
Sediment-hosted Ni |
| E17 |
Sediment-hosted barite |
Bedded barite |
| F01
|
Sedimentary Mn |
-:- -:-
|
| F02 |
Bedded gypsum |
Marine evaporite gypsum |
| F03 |
Gypsum-hosted sulphur |
Frasch sulphur |
| F04* |
Bedded celestite |
-:- -:-
|
| F05 |
Palygorskite |
Attapulgite |
| F06 |
Lacustrine diatomite |
Diatomaceous earth, Kieselguhr |
| F07 |
Upwelling-type phosphate |
-:- -:-
|
| F08 |
Warm current-type phosphate |
-:- -:-
|
| F09 |
Playa and Alkaline Lake Evaporites |
Hydromagnesite, Na carbonate lake brines |
| F10 |
Lake Superior & Rapitan types
iron-formation |
-:- -:-
|
| F11 |
Ironstone |
Minette ores |
| G01 |
Algoma-type iron-formation |
-:- -:-
|
| G02 |
Volcanogenic Mn |
-:- -:-
|
| G03 |
Volcanogenic anhydrite / gypsum |
-:- -:-
|
| G04 |
Besshi massive sulphide Cu-Zn |
Kieslager |
| G05 |
Cyprus massive sulphide Cu (Zn) |
-:- -:-
|
| G06 |
Noranda / Kuroko massive sulphide Cu-Pb-Zn |
-:- -:-
|
| G07 |
Subaqueous hot spring Ag-Au |
-:- -:-
|
| H01 |
Travertine |
Tufa |
| H02 |
Hot spring Hg |
-:- -:-
|
| H03 |
Hot spring Au-Ag |
-:- -:-
|
| H04 |
Epithermal Au-Ag-Cu; high sulphidation |
Acid-sulphate, qtz-alunite Au, Nansatsu-type |
| H05 |
Epithermal Au-Ag; low sulphidation |
Adularia-sericite epithermal |
| H06 |
Epithermal Mn |
-:- -:-
|
| H07 |
Sn-Ag veins |
Polymetallic Sn veins |
| H08 |
Alkalic intrusion-associated Au |
Alkalic intrusion-related Au, Au-Ag-Te veins |
| H09 |
Hydrothermal alteration clays-Al-Si |
Kaolin, Alunite, Siliceous cap, Pyrophyllite |
| I01 |
Au-quartz veins |
Mesothermal, Motherlode, saddle reefs |
| I02 |
Intrusion-related Au pyrrhotite veins |
Subvolcanic shear-hosted gold |
| I03 |
Turbidite-hosted Au veins |
Meguma type |
| I04 |
Iron formation-hosted Au |
Iron formation-hosted gold |
| I05 |
Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn±Au |
Felsic intrusionassociated Ag-Pb-Zb veins |
| I06 |
Cu±Ag quartz veins |
Churchill-type vein Cu |
| I07 |
Silica veins |
-:- -:-
|
| I08 |
Silica-Hg carbonate |
-:- -:-
|
| I09 |
Stibnite veins and disseminations |
Simple and disseminated Sb deposits |
| I10 |
Vein barite |
-:- -:-
|
| I11 |
Barite-fluorite veins |
-:- -:-
|
| I12 |
W veins |
Quartz-wolframite veins |
| I13 |
Sn veins and greisens |
-:- -:-
|
| I14 |
Five-element veins Ni-Co-As-Ag±(Bi, U) |
Ni-Co-native Ag veins, cobalt-type veins |
| I15 |
Classical U veins |
Pitchblende veins, vein uranium |
| I16 |
Unconformity-associated U |
Unconformity-veins, Unconformity U |
| I17 |
Cryptocrystalline magnesite veins |
Bone magnesite, Kraubath-type magnesite |
| J01 |
Polymetallic manto Ag-Pb-Zn |
Polymetallic replacement deposits |
| J02 |
Manto and stockwork Sn |
Replacement Sn, Renison-type |
| J03 |
Mn veins and replacements |
covered by I05 and J01 |
| J04 |
Sulphide manto Au |
Au-Ag sulphide mantos |
| K01 |
Cu skarns |
-:- -:-
|
| K02 |
Pb-Zn skarns |
-:- -:-
|
| K03 |
Fe skarns |
-:- -:-
|
| K04 |
Au skarns |
-:- -:-
|
| K05 |
W skarns |
-:- -:-
|
| K06 |
Sn skarns |
-:- -:-
|
| K07 |
Mo skarns |
-:- -:-
|
| K08 |
Garnet skarns |
-:- -:-
|
| K09
|
Wollastonite skarns |
-:- -:-
|
| L01 |
Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb) |
Enargite Au, Transitional Au-Ag |
| L02 |
Porphyry-related Au |
Granitoid Au, Porphyry Au |
| L03 |
Alkalic porphyry Cu-Au |
Diorite porphyry copper |
| L04 |
Porphyry Cu ± Mo ± Au |
Calcalkaline porphyry |
| L05 |
Porphyry Mo (Low F- type) |
Calcalkaline Mo stockwork |
| L06 |
Porphyry Sn |
Subvolcanic tin |
| L07 |
Porphyry W |
Stockwork W-Mo |
| L08 |
Porphyry Mo (Climax-type) |
Granite molybdenite |
| M01 |
Flood Basalt-Associated Ni-Cu |
Basaltic subvolcanic Cu-Ni-PGE |
| M02 |
Tholeiitic intrusion-hosted Ni-Cu |
Gabbroid-associated Ni-Cu |
| M03 |
Podiform chromite |
-:- -:-
|
| M04 |
Magmatic Fe-Ti±V oxide deposits |
Mafic intrusion-hosted Ti-Fe deposits |
| M05 |
Alaskan-type Pt±Os±Rh±Ir |
Zoned ultramafic, Uralian-type |
| M06 |
Ultramafic-hosted asbestos |
Serpentinite-hosted asbestos |
| M07
|
Ultramafic-hosted talc-magnesite |
-:- -:-
|
| M08
|
Vermiculite deposits |
-:- -:-
|
| N01
|
Carbonatite-hosted deposits |
-:- -:-
|
| N02 |
Kimberlite-hosted diamonds |
Diamond pipes |
| N03 |
Lamproite-hosted diamonds |
-:- -:-
|
| O01 |
Rare element pegmatite - LCT family |
Zoned pegmatite (Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum) |
| O02 |
Rare element pegmatite - NYF family |
Niobium-Yttrium-Fluorine pegmatite |
| O03 |
Muscovite pegmatite |
Mica-bearing pegmatite |
| O04 |
Feldspar-quartz pegmatite |
Barren pegmatite |
| P01 |
Andalusite hornfels |
-:- -:-
|
| P02
|
Kyanite-sillimanite schists |
-:- -:-
|
| P03 |
Microcrystalline graphite |
Amorphous graphite |
| P04 |
Crystalline flake graphite |
-:- -:-
|
| P05 |
Vein graphite |
Lump and chip graphite |
| P06
|
Corundum in aluminous metasediments |
-:- -:-
|
| Q01 |
Jade |
-:- -:-
|
| Q02 |
Rhodonite |
-:- -:-
|
| Q03 |
Agate |
-:- -:-
|
| Q04 |
Amethyst |
-:- -:-
|
| Q05 |
Jasper |
-:- -:-
|
| Q06
|
Columbia-type emerald |
-:- -:-
|
| Q07
|
Schist-hosted emerald |
Exometamorphic emerald deposit |
| Q08
|
Sediment-hosted opal |
Australian-type opal |
| Q09
|
Gem corundum in contact zones |
-:- -:-
|
| Q10
|
Gem corundum hosted by alkalic rocks |
-:- -:-
|
| Q11
|
Volcanic-hosted opal |
-:- -:-
|
| R01 |
Cement shale |
-:- -:-
|
| R02 |
Expanding shale |
-:- -:-
|
| R03 |
Dimension stone - granite |
-:- -:-
|
| R04 |
Dimension stone - marble |
-:- -:-
|
| R05 |
Dimension stone - andesite |
-:- -:-
|
| R06 |
Dimension stone - sandstone |
-:- -:-
|
| R07 |
Silica sandstone |
High-silica quartzite |
| R08 |
Flagstone |
-:- -:-
|
| R09 |
Limestone |
-:- -:-
|
| R10 |
Dolomite |
-:- -:-
|
| R11 |
Volcanic ash - pumice |
-:- -:-
|
| R12 |
Volcanic glass - perlite |
-:- -:-
|
| R13 |
Nepheline syenite |
-:- -:-
|
| R14 |
Alaskite |
-:- -:- |
| R15 |
Crushed rock |
Road metal, Riprap, Railroad ballast |
| S01 |
Broken Hill type Pb-Zn-Ag±Cu |
Shuswap-type, Ammeburg-type Pb-Zn |
