Jasper

Plant in Saskatchewan, Canada with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Production statistics
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10132981
MAS/MILS ID 1220550039
Record type Site
Current site name Jasper
Alternate or previous names Fork Lakes, Transom Lake, Fork-Transom, Star Lake, Roxy, Boulder Showing, Cp Zone, Js Zone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.26746, 55.94144 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Saskatchewan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.26746, 55.94144

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1987
Mining method Shrinkage Methods
Year of first production 1990
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cameco Corp.
    Interest 80
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Shore Gold Fund
    Interest 20
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Description 16.4 G Au 60636 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 16.4g

Comments on the production information

  • DESCRIPTION SHOWS MILL FEED GRADES.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 100972mt ore
    Total resources 100972mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 16.457 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 76385mt ore
    Total resources 76385mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 17.143 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 76385mt ore
    Total resources 76385mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 17.143 g/mt Gold Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INCLUDES JASPER POND, TRANSOM LAKE (JAMES) & FORK LAKE DEPOSIT.
  • CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, PAGE 84. THE NORTHERN MINER, "EXPLORATION BEGINS AT JASPER MINE", OCT. 22, 1990, PAGE 3.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989-90, P. 87.

  • Deposit

    MR223, 1989 SASK-40 (JASPER AND JAMES ZONES).

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P. 84.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 10/22/90, P. 3.

  • Reserve-Resource

    EXPECTED DEPLETION BY 1991.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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