Merry Widow

Past Producer in Canada with commodities Copper, 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. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157292
MAS/MILS ID 1220140011
Record type Site
Current site name Merry Widow
Alternate or previous names Benson Lake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -127.25145, 50.34975 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Canada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -127.25145, 50.34975

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Benson Lake

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Taywin Resources Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1990

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Inferred 2700000mt ore
    Total resources 2700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.4 g/mt Gold Major 1990
    Copper Cu 0.3 wt-pct Copper Minor 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 10/90, P.9,41

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, 10/31/90, P.8

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 2/23/90, P.148

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 7/90, P.9

  • Deposit

    MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, 7/90, P.8,9

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, 10/17/90, P.18

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 10/5/90, P.254

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, 12/5/90, P.42

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MERRY WIDOW GOLD-COPPER SKARN ZONE IS ADJACENT TO THE THE OLD MERRY WIDOW IRON MINE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BENSON LAKE IRON MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-OCT-1993 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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