Glacier Gulch

Prospect in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Molybdenum, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157304
MAS/MILS ID 1220100049
Record type Site
Current site name Glacier Gulch
Alternate or previous names Glacier Gulch Deposit, Hudson Bay Mountain

Comments on the site names

  • OTHER NAMES:YORKE-HARDY, HUDSON BAY MTN.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -127.30161, 54.81649 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -127.30161, 54.81649

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 840807

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1956
Mining method Open Stope - Other Open Stope Methods
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Climax Molybdenum Co., Division Of American Metal Climax Inc. (Amax)
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Amax Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Measured 18100000mt ore
    Demonstrated 18100000mt ore
    Total resources 18100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Molybdenum Mo 0.2099 wt-pct Molybdenum Major 0

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TONNAGE AND GRADE WERE PROVIDED BY AMAX INC., IN AUGUST 1983, DURING AN ON SITE VISIT BY PAH.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OTHER OPEN STOPE METHODS
    Percent Recovery 75
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Capacity 42000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 12.04
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    BRIGHT, M.J. AND D.C. JONSON, GLACIER GULCH (YORKE-HARDY),

  • Geology

    A. SUTHERLAND BROWN, ED., IN PORPHYRY DEPOSITS IN THE

  • Geology

    CANADIAN CORDILLERA, SPECIAL VOLUME NO. 15, 1976,

  • Geology

    P.455-461.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RESERVE WAS PROVIDED BY TOM CHERRIER AND WILL BE

  • Reserve-Resource

    DISCUSSED AT THE DISTRICT MEETING OF CIM, IN FALL 1983.

  • Deposit

    ANNIS, R.C., D.A. CRANSTONE AND M. VALLEE, A SURVEY OF KNOWN

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;

  • Deposit

    ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERALS, MR181,1978,

  • Deposit

    P.46, A-35.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-SEP-92 Palencia, Cesar M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

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