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Bisset Creek

Prospect in Ontario, Canada with commodity Graphite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096948
MRDS ID I000173
Record type Site
Current site name Bisset Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.06634, 46.23331 (WGS84)
Relative position 300 KM NORTH OF TORONTO., Unknown.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS SOUTH OF THE MAIN TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAPHITE IS CRYSTALLINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.06634, 46.23331
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1984

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner North Coast Industries Ltd. And Princetown Resources Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Princeton Resources Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION RATE IS PLANNED TO BE 16,000 TO 20,000 TPA, REQUIRING A MILL THROUGHPUT OF 600,000 TPA ORE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 20000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Graphite Grf 3.18 wt-pct Graphite Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 14000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Graphite Grf 3 wt-pct Graphite Major 1987
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 14500000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Graphite Grf 2.72 wt-pct Graphite Major 1987
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 5000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Graphite Grf 3.5 wt-pct Graphite Major 1986

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRAPHITE RESERVES ARE PROVEN AND PROBABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE ON 50 CONTIGUOUS UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS.

Comments on development

  • DIAMOND DRILLING IN 1985-86 (106 HOLES WITH TOTAL FOOTAGE OF 18,000 FT). ; ECON.COM: FEASIBILITY STUDIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. MINE HAS A PROJECTED LIFE OF 30 YEARS. A 200 TPA PILOT PLANT HAS BEEN BUILT. IF THE PROJECT IS ACCEPTED A 15,000 TPA PLANT MAY BE BUILT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, FILLERS AND EXTENDERS: NO. 269, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1989, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 266, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1987, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1986, V. 1, P. 459-469.

  • Deposit

    EMR, 1987, MINERAL BULLETIN MR-213

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1987, GRAPHITE DRAWS MORE INTEREST: MINING JOURNAL, V. 308, NO. 7919, P. 407.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1987, MORE ON PRINCETON GRAPHITE: NO. 234, P. 12.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1986, PRINCETON DEVELOPS FLAKE GRAPHTIE DEPOSIT: NO. 222, P. 10.

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, P. 78; MINING JOURNAL, 1987, P. 407; INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1987, P. 12; INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1986, P. 10.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE SEPARATE MINERALIZED ZONES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO 265 FT DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-90 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

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