Gordon Lake

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Copper, Nickel, Platinum, Gold, Chromium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038765
MRDS ID M046206
Record type Site
Current site name Gordon Lake
Alternate or previous names Eastern Mining & Smelting Corp., Ltd.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.34695, 50.48557 (WGS84)
Relative position 52 MILES NORTH OF KENORA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Chromium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.34695, 50.48557

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East - West Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Joints

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: PERIDOTITE, GNEISS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kenora Mining Division

Comments on the production information

  • OUTPUT 500 TONS OF ORE DAILY = 20 OZ PT/DAY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1402.08M
    Overall depth 553.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY OWNED BY NICKEL MINING AND SMELTING CORP., LTD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969, ECON. GEOL. PT: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, P. 25

  • Deposit

    THOMSON ET AL, 1957, CU, PB, ZN ONTARIO: ONT. MINES, CIRC. 2, P. 16

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, APR. 1956, P. 88

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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