Madsen

Prospect 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181596
MAS/MILS ID 1220400169
Record type Site
Current site name Madsen
Alternate or previous names Dona Lake, Red Lake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -93.91417, 50.96671 (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

Ore Body (1) -93.91417, 50.96671

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1938

Mining district

District name Red Lake District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Madsen Gold Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Total resources 1000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 7.5 g/mt Gold Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Demonstrated 99800mt ore
    Total resources 99800mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 7.9 g/mt Gold Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 927658mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 9.77 g/mt Gold Major 1997

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 3/2/92

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 11/25/91, P 11.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 01/31/94, P 3.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996-97, PP. 266, 267.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P.242

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, SEPT. 4, 1996, P90.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINES, V83, #17, JUNE 23, 1997, P1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FORMER PAST PRODUCER, REHAB COMP MAR 1995, COMMER. PROD. BY JUNE 97.

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.