White Lake

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084794
MRDS ID W700003
Record type Site
Current site name White Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.72063, 54.71336 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE WEST SHORE OF THE NORTHEAST ARM OF SCHIST LAKE, 12.3 MILES FROM 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
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.72063, 54.71336

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Amisk Volcanic Series

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Dip 80-85 DEGREES TO THE NORTHWEST
    Plunge 35 DEGREES NEAR SURFACE AND 23 DEGREES BELOW THE 1990 LEVEL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1963
Year of first production 1972
Year of last production 1982

Ownership information

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.028 Oz/T Au, 0.52 Oz/T Ag, 2.04% Cu, 5.39% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 15g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
  • Year 1983
    Period 1972-1983
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.97% Cu, 4.63% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.07 wt-pct Copper Major 1981
    Zinc Zn 5.9 wt-pct Zinc Major 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 566.93M

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY DRILLING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ANOMALIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, P. 46-49.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 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, NO. 11, P. 156-177.

  • Production

    ESPOSITO, 1986, P. 13; ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1981, P. 173.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1987 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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