Ketza River

Past Producer in 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 10158448
MAS/MILS ID 1220600029
Record type Site
Current site name Ketza River
Alternate or previous names Peel Zone, Break Zone, Tarn Zone, Ridge Zone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.27153, 61.53845 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Canada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.27153, 61.53845

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1988
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Watson Lake

Ownership information

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1989
    Description 11.30 G Au 119248 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 119248mt 11g/mt
  • Year 1990
    Description 9.78 G Au 136364 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 136364mt 10g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • DESCRIPTION SHOWS MILL FEED GRADES.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 465000mt ore
    Total resources 465000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 7.58 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 13000mt ore
    Total resources 13000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 9.77 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Inferred 75000mt ore
    Total resources 75000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 13.12 g/mt Gold Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CMH 1990-91, P.100,101; MR 213, 1986, P.311; (12/31/89)
  • OXIDE ONLY. CMH, 91-92, P.89.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 8/19/91, P. 12.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CMH, 91-92, P.89.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-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.