Wood Mountain

Prospect in Saskatchewan, Canada with commodity Kaolin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023266
MRDS ID I000068
Record type Site
Current site name Wood Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.33405, 49.23328 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wood Mountain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Saskatchewan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • KAOLIN IS SUITABLE FOR USE AS PREMIUM QUALITY PAPER FILLER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.33405, 49.23328

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ekaton Industries Inc.
    Home office Calgary, Alberta

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ENGINEERING AND TESTWORK ON A 3 TPD PILOT PLANT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. EKATON IS FINANANCIALLY UNSTABLE AFTER A RAID BY TAP CAPITAL CORP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 274, P. 9

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.