Dona Lake

Past Producer in Ontario, 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. 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 10157978
MAS/MILS ID 1220400056
Record type Site
Current site name Dona Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.07792, 51.41222 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.07792, 51.41222

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1984
Mining method Open Stope
Year of first production 1989
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Patricia

Ownership information

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1989
    Description 7.59g Au 154545 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 154545mt 8g/mt
  • Year 1990
    Description 6.91g Au 181818 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 181818mt 7g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • DESCRIPTION SHOWS MILL FEED GRADES.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Demonstrated 684000mt ore
    Inferred 1060000mt ore
    Total resources 1744000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.8 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 450000mt ore
    Total resources 450000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 10.6 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 726000mt ore
    Total resources 726000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 7.41 g/mt Gold Major 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989-90, P. 370.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1990-91, P. 361.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P. 317.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 213, 1986, P. 197, (ONT-481), 12/31/89.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUL-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.