Giant Nickel Mines-Canada

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069226
MRDS ID W002754
Record type Site
Current site name Giant Nickel Mines-Canada

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.83459, 49.41648 (WGS84)
Relative position WEAR CHOATE AND HOPE, B.C.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Baker OE N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hope(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.83459, 49.41648

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Yale Dist

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Material CU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.8 % Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Nickel Nickel 1wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 6000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.68 wt-pct Nickel Major 1972
    Copper Cu 0.36 wt-pct Copper Major 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK-METALS SOURCEBOOK, 9/30/74, ITEM #B4404

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 3/72, P. 274.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK-METALS SOURCEBOOK, 6/24/74, ITEM #B3237.

  • Deposit

    SKINNER, WALTER R., 1973, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK: THE FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON, 1973, P. 265

  • Deposit

    5) METALS WEEK-METALS SOURCEBOOK, 9/24/73 ITEM #A4448

  • Deposit

    6) BOLDT, JOSEPH R., JR., 1967, THE WINNING OF NICKEL, P. 51-52*8)SKINNER,WALTER R.,1975, MINING INTERNAC. YEARBOOK:FINANCIAL TIMES,LONDON,P.257.*9)CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974-1975,1974,THE NORTHERN MINER,P.132.

  • Production

    E/MJ, INTER. DIRECTORY OF MINING 1976 , P. 187

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GIANT MASCOT MINES LTD. ORE RESERVES REPORTED DEPLETED AUG.1974. A NEW MINERALIZED ZONE HAS BEEN FOUND LYING ABOUT2000 FT. FROM DEPLETED WORKINGS. NEW FIND GRADES 3.5% NI AND .8 CU BASED ON SEVEN SAMPLES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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