Errington Deposit

Prospect in Ontario, Canada with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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 10158455
MAS/MILS ID 1220400179
Record type Site
Current site name Errington Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.25809, 46.53749 (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 State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.25809, 46.53749

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Falconbridge Ltd.
    Interest 51
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
    First year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Royal Oak
    Interest 49
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
    First year 1991

Comments on the ownership information

  • FALCONBRIDGE AND ROYAL OAK ARE IN A 51-49 JOINT VENTURE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Indicated 6900000mt ore
    Demonstrated 6900000mt ore
    Total resources 6900000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.22 wt-pct Copper Major 1991
    Zinc Zn 4.21 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1991
    Lead Pb 1.09 wt-pct Lead Minor 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FALCONBRDGE EXPLORED BOTH ERRINGTON AND VERMILION PROPERTIES, BUT RESOURCES DO NOT INCLUDE VERMILION 2.7MILLION TON OF RESERVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    THE NORTHERN MINER-NOV. 11, 1991,P-19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JAN-1995 Palencia, Cesar M. 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.