Tillicum

Prospect in British Columbia, 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. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157633
MAS/MILS ID 1220100124
Record type Site
Current site name Tillicum
Alternate or previous names Heino-Money Pit Zone, Esperanza, East Ridge Zone, Grizzly

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.71224, 49.98456 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nelson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.71224, 49.98456

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1980

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Columbia Gold Mines Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Year 1992

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 9.3 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 50000mt ore
    Total resources 50000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 36 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Indicated 525000mt ore
    Demonstrated 525000mt ore
    Total resources 525000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 9.6 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Inferred 735000mt ore
    Total resources 735000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 7.2 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Total resources 460000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 11 g/mt Gold Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Total resources 1180000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5.8 g/mt Gold Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Total resources 485mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 12.7 g/mt Gold Major 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 10/14/91, P.12

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 6/15/92, P.10

  • Reserve-Resource

    MEG

  • Deposit

    MR 223 (GOV'T. OF CANADA), 1989

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-FEB-1995 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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