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Hoyle Pond Mine

Past Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodity Gold
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  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. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056488
MRDS ID TC00507
Record type Site
Current site name Hoyle Pond Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.0831, 48.55 (WGS84)

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
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Scheelite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Calcite, Ankerite And Tourmaline In Ore Zone; Chlorite, Carbonate And Carbon In Regional Haloes

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.0831, 48.55
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1969
Discoverer Texasgulf Exploration

Mining district

District name Porcupine Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Falconbridge Gold Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Falconbridge Gold Corp.

Production statistics

  • Year 1989
    Period 1984-1989
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^18.3 G/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 18g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 100,000 MT AT 17.8 G/T EXPECTED IN 1990.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Total resources 335000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 16.2 g/mt Gold Major 1989

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 220M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH AS OF 1990

Comments on development

  • 126,946 M DRILLED TO 650 M BELOW SURFACE ; MILL.CAP: 100,000 MT/Y ; ECON.COM: MILL PRODUCTION BY GRAVITY AND FLOAT CONCENTRATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA

  • Production

    CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2-3 SETS OF QUARTZ-CARBONATE AU-BEARING VEINS CUTTING OVERTURN, STEEP NORTH DIPPING, EAST STRIKING PILLOWED MG-THOLEIITES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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