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Centennial Mine

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Production statistics
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106955
MRDS ID TC00020
Record type Site
Current site name Centennial Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.66756, 54.70503 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE SHORE OF LAKE ATHAPAPUSKOW, ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 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
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.66756, 54.70503
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N-S
    Dip 75 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1970
Year of first production 1977
Production years 1977-1983, 1985-

Ownership information

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Material 0RE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.046 Oz/T Au, 0.72 Oz/T Ag, 1.18% Cu, 2.68% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 23g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
  • Year 1983
    Period 1977-1983
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.42% Cu, 2.31% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Total resources 1353113000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.48 wt-pct Copper Major 1984
    Zinc Zn 2 wt-pct Zinc Major 1984

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AS OF JAN. 1981, RESERVES ABOVE THE 435-M LEVEL TOTALED 848,870 T, GRADING 0.048 OZ/T AU, 0.62 OZ/T AG, 1.68% CU, AND 2.5% ZN. KNOWN RESERVES BELOW THE 435-M LEVEL STOOD AT 965,675 T, GRADING 0.033 OZ/T AU, 0.62 OZ/T AG, 1.34% CU, AND 1.7% ZN.

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY DRILLING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ANOMALIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY LIES UNDER THE LAKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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