New Quirke Mine

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084910
MRDS ID W700156
Record type Site
Current site name New Quirke Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.64567, 46.5111 (WGS84)
Relative position EXTENDS FROM NORTH SHORE OF DUNLOP LAKE IN TOWNSHIP 156 TO CENTRAL QUIRKE LAKE IN TOWNSHIP 144

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blind River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.64567, 46.5111

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON, JAMES A., 1968, URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN ONTARIO: ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR NO. 9, 106 P.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON, J.A., 1968, GEOLOGY OF TOWNSHIP 149 AND TOWNSHIP 150, DISTRICT OF ALGOMA: ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES GEOLOGICAL REPORT 57, 162 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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