Prairie Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Northwest Territories, Canada with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold
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 10073131
MRDS ID W018974
Record type Site
Current site name Prairie Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.80184, 61.51663 (WGS84)
Relative position IN THE PRARIE LAKE AREA, PRARIE CREEK AREA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Northwest Territories

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.80184, 61.51663

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cadillac Explorations

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Total resources 1940000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 12.5 wt-pct Lead Major 1975
    Zinc Zn 15.5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1975
    Copper Cu 0.6 wt-pct Copper Minor 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1974, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974 - 75 P 57

  • Deposit

    1970 DIREXPL PENARROYA - ORE FOUN

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, 6-6-75 P. 10

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.