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Diana Mine

Past Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056355
MRDS ID TC00015
Record type Site
Current site name Diana Mine
Alternate or previous names Gem Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.16699, 50.71001 (WGS84)
Relative position 51 KM SOUTHEAST OF BISSETT, 300 METERS NORTHWEST OF THE WEST END OF KICKLEY LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Comments on the location information

  • RICE LAKE AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.16699, 50.71001
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, VEINS
    Strike 295 DEGREES
    Dip 70-75 NE
    Width 1.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Year of first production 1928
Year of last production 1941
Production years 1928-32, 1934-36, 1937-38, 1940-41

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Diana

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1928-1941
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^11.4 G/T Au, 0.70 G/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 11g/mt
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 1g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 299M

Comments on development

  • 3 HOLES DRILLED IN 1974, GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY IN 1977 ; MILL.CAP: 45 T

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, D.J., AND OSTRY, G., 1987, GOLD DEPOSITS OF MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT ER86-1, 91 P.

  • Production

    FOGWILL AND BAMBURAK, 1987, P. 25; RICHARDSON, AND OSTRY, 1987, P. 26.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DIRECTION GIVEN FOR STRIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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