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Namew Lake

Plant in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel
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  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. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181559
MAS/MILS ID 1220150057
Record type Site
Current site name Namew Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.00062, 54.33332 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Secondary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -102.00062, 54.33332
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1988
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 690000mt ore
    Total resources 690000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.52 wt-pct Nickel Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CONCENTRATES GO TO INCO AND SHERRITT - GORDON. WILL PRODUCE ABOUT 9,000 MT OF NICKEL ANNUALLY PLUS SOME COPPER AND MINOR AMO UNTS OF CO, PGM, ETC. ON STREAM LATE-1988 AND FULL SCALE OPERATI ON IN EARLY 1989. PRODUCTION PROBLEMS FROM LOW GRADE AND EXCESS WATER NAMEW LAKE IS SCHEDULED TYO CLOSE BY THE END OF 1993 BECAUSE OF DEPLETION OF RESERVES. THE MINE HAS PRODUCED AN AVERAGE OF 9000 MT/YR FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS. THE MINE WILL HAVE OPERATED ABOUT 4 YEARS.
  • BASED ON PUBLISHED DATA. PAYDIRT 12/88 P 6A, SKILLINGS 12/10/88,

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    *NICKEL NEWS, JAN. 16, 1993, ISSUE NO. 3/52, P. 5.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE, 1993,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 40.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, JAN. 22, 1993.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POOR EXPLORATION RESULTS MEANS THAT THE MINE WILL PROBABLY CLOSE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, 1993.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-DEC-1994 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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