Rankin Inlet

Occurrence in Northwest Territories, Canada with commodities Copper, Nickel, Platinum, Palladium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038796
MRDS ID M046240
Record type Site
Current site name Rankin Inlet
Alternate or previous names Johnston Bay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.50029, 62.76692 (WGS84)
Relative position S. SHORE JOHNSTON BAY - AN INLET ON THE NORTH SHORE OF RANKIN INLET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Northwest Territories

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 6 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES (1934)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyroxenite To Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.50029, 62.76692

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Length 76.2M
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hudson Bay

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL AND GUNNING, 1934, PT DEPOSITS IN CANADA: CAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ECON. GEOL. REPT. 13, P. 111

  • Deposit

    DRYBROUGH, J., 1931, NICKEL - COPPER DEPOSIT ON HUDSON BAY: TRANS. CAN. INST. MIN. MET. V. 34, P. 157 - 172

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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