Ghost Lake

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073063
MRDS ID W018872
Record type Site
Current site name Ghost Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.10056, 54.83337 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 KM EAST OF CHISEL LAKE WHICH IS 120 KM EAST OF FLIN FLON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result RESERVES GRADE 11.6% ZN, 1.42% CU, 0.7% PB, 39 G/MT AG, 0.4 G/MT AU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.10056, 54.83337

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Threehouse Syncline

Ore body information

  • Plunge 41 DEGREES NORTHEAST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Year of first production 1972

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hudson Bay Mining And Smelting Co. Ltd.

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Period 1972-1973
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^11.1 % Zn, 1.87 % Cu, 0.3 % Pb, 41 G Ag/Mt, 1 G Au/Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 11wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 41g/mt
  • Year 1973
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^11.7 % Zn, 1.9 % Cu, .3 % Pb, 41 G/Mt Ag, 1 G/Mt Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 41g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 12g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 0wt-pct
  • Year 1980
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.036 Oz/T Au, 1.07 Oz/T Ag, 0.65% Cu, 7.91% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 8wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 30g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
  • Year 1984
    Period 1972-1984
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.34% Cu, 8.87 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 9wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.13% Cu, 4.9 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED TO FLIN FLON MILL AT 359 MTPD. 1984 FIGURES INCLUDE LOST LAKE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Total resources 236000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 11.6 wt-pct Zinc Major 1968
    Copper Cu 1.42 wt-pct Copper Major 1968
    Lead Pb 0.7 wt-pct Lead Minor 1968
    Silver Ag 39 g/mt Silver Minor 1968
    Gold Au 0.4 g/mt Gold Minor 1968
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Total resources 236000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 11.6 wt-pct Zinc Major 1968
    Copper Cu 1.42 wt-pct Copper Major 1968
    Lead Pb 0.7 wt-pct Lead Minor 1968
    Silver Ag 39 g/mt Silver Minor 1968
    Gold Au 0.4 g/mt Gold Minor 1968
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Total resources 127413000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 7.5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1984
    Copper Cu 1.02 wt-pct Copper Major 1984
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 6.5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1981
    Copper Cu 1.08 wt-pct Copper Major 1981
    Lead Pb 0.3 wt-pct Lead Minor 1981
    Silver Ag 2.682 g/mt Silver Minor 1981
    Gold Au 0.988 g/mt Gold Minor 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1984 FIGURES INCLUDE LOST LAKE.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY DECLINE. LOST LAKE MINE IS BEING PRODUCED THROUGH GHOST LAKE. GHOST LAKE HAS BEEN WORKED AS AN EXTENSION OF THE CHISEL LAKE MINE AND CONTROLLED BY CHISEL LAKE SUPERVISION. IN 1981 ALL GHOST LAKE ORE WAS BEING HOISTED OUT OF CHISEL LAKE NO. 2 SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY DRILLING BASED ON GEOLOGICAL PROJECTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ESPOSITO, BRUNO, 1986, COPPER AND ZINC IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 24 P.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1981, MANITOBA: V. 182, N0. 11, P. 156-177.

  • Production

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 74-75 P. 157; ESPOSITO, 1986, P. 13., ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1981, P. 173.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD MINING FEB 1969 P. 50

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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