Gays River

Producer in Nova Scotia, 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. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073132
MRDS ID W018976
Record type Site
Current site name Gays River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -63.34918, 45.03324 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Nova Scotia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -63.34918, 45.03324

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.4M
    Length 4000M
    Width 500M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cuvier Mines, Imperial Oil

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 10520000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 2.45 wt-pct Lead Major 1976
    Zinc Zn 4.47 wt-pct Zinc Major 1976

Comments on the workings information

  • $1.5 MILLION SLATED FOR EXPLORATION THRU MID '76

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1976, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1-76 P. 165

  • Deposit

    1974, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 7-74 P. 134

  • Deposit

    1975 DIREXPL IMPERIAL OIL & CUVIER MINE

  • Reserve-Resource

    E/MJ 1-76 P. 165

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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