Dupont & Western Mines Prospect

Occurrence in Northwest Territories, Canada with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073129
MRDS ID W018969
Record type Site
Current site name Dupont & Western Mines Prospect
Alternate or previous names Great Slave Lake Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.50135, 60.75006 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST OF PINE POINT DIST.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Northwest Territories

Comments on the location information

  • LAT AND LONG ARE APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.50135, 60.75006

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dupont, Western Mines

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 2540000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 4.1 wt-pct Lead Major 1976
    Zinc Zn 11.9 wt-pct Zinc Major 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1976, MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST 2-12-76 P. 9, 10

  • Deposit

    1976 DIREXPL DUPONT & WESTERN MINE

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUR 10-76 P 149

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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