Con/Rycon Mine

Producer in Northwest Territories, Canada with commodities Gold, Arsenic, Antimony, Zinc, Lead, Molybdenum, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084882
MRDS ID W700109
Record type Site
Current site name Con/Rycon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.38477, 62.80012 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR YELLOWKNIFE

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
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Carbonitization, Pyritization, Sericitization, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Kam Formation
    Rock description Kam Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.38477, 62.80012

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1937

Mining district

District name Yellowknife District

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.39 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Gold Gold 11g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1987 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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