Bornite Range
| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side Kleanza Creek, NE of Terrace, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°35'59"N, 128°15'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 October 1951 on 103 I, as identified in 1914 BC Mines Report. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Bornite is a brittle metallic-looking mineral that consists of a sulfide of copper and iron; a valuable copper ore (in turn named after Ignaz von Born ( -1791), Austrian mineralogist.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |