| Deposit ID | 10084905 |
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| MRDS ID | W700133 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | San Antonio Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -95.60034, 51.03334 (WGS84) |
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| Relative position | AT BISSETT, ON THE NORTH SHORE OF RICE LAKE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Canada | Manitoba |
| Commodity | Importance |
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| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Petzite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
| (1) | -95.60034, 51.03334 |
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| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
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| Strike | 060-075 (16 TYPE VEINS), 300-330 (38 TYPE VEINS) |
| Dip | 60 NW (16 TYPE VEINS), VERTICALLY OR STEEPLY NE (38 TYPE VEINS) |
| Development status | Past Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1911 |
| Discoverer | Alex Desautels |
| Year of first production | 1932 |
| Production years | 1932-1968, 1982-1983 |
| District name | Rice Lake District |
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| Type | Operator |
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| Owner | San Antonio |
| First year | 1932 |
| Last year | 1968 |
| Type | Operator |
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| Owner | Brinco |
| First year | 1982 |
| Last year | 1983 |
| Type | Lessee |
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| Owner | San Antonio Resources |
| First year | 1985 |
| Year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
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| Material | AU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^Estimate With 90% Recovery | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
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| Material | AU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^Estimate With 90% Recovery | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Name | UPPER LEVELS | ||||||||||||||
| Estimate year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Name | LOWER LEVELS | ||||||||||||||
| Estimate year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W700133 |
ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1985, GOLD DEPOSITS GUIDEBOOK: MINOBRAS MINING SERVICES, 146 P.
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 56.
FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.
RICHARDSON, D.J., AND OSTRY, G., 1987, GOLD DEPOSITS OF MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT ER86-1, 91 P.
RICHARDSON, AND OSTRY, 1987, P. 21.
FOGWILL AMD BAMBURAK, 1987, P. 25.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE GRADE OF THE ORE IS ABOUT 0.35 OZ/T AU. |
| Deposit | OPERATIONS HAD BEEN SUSPENDED BY JANUARY, 1987. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1987 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1989 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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