Stall Lake

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107438
MRDS ID W700005
Record type Site
Current site name Stall Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.94166, 54.8556 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES BY ROAD FROM SNOW LAKE

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
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tremolite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.94166, 54.8556

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Year of first production 1964

Ownership information

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.041 Oz/T Au, 0.25 Oz/T Ag, 4.58% Cu, 0.52% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 5wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 8g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
  • Year 1984
    Period 1964-1984
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4.29% Cu, 0.57% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^4.11% Cu, 0.5% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Total resources 2105683000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 4.42 wt-pct Copper Major 1984
    Zinc Zn 0.3 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1984
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 4.29 wt-pct Copper Major 1981
    Silver Ag 4.235 g/mt Silver Minor 1981
    Gold Au 7.623 g/mt Gold Minor 1981
    Zinc Zn 0.37 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1981

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY DRILLING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ANOMALIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, P. 38-41.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 56.

  • 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. 12; ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1981, P. 173.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1987 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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