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Chimo

Plant in Quebec, Canada with commodity Gold
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  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. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Production statistics
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133472
MAS/MILS ID 1220500121
Record type Site
Current site name Chimo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.24963, 48.01139 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.24963, 48.01139
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Shrinkage Methods
Year of first production 1985
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Val D'Or

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cambior Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Description 5.03g Au 130000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 13000mt 5g/mt
  • Year 1989
    Description 4.69g Au 165700 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 165700mt 5g/mt
  • Year 1990
    Description 4.79g Au 197273 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 197273mt 5g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • DESCRIPTION SHOWS MILL FEED GRADES.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 1076829mt ore
    Total resources 1076829mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.799 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Inferred 223531mt ore
    Total resources 223531mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.171 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 1076829mt ore
    Total resources 1076829mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.799 g/mt Gold Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PRODUCTION STARTED 8/85 AND FEEDS THE MANITOU MILL.
  • CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, PAGE 82, (DEC. 31, 1990).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989-90, P. 420, 421.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1990-91, P. 93, 94, 265.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 198, 1983, P. 57, (QUE-144).

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P. 82.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAR-1993 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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