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Red Chris

Prospect in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181629
MAS/MILS ID 1220100073
Record type Site
Current site name Red Chris
Alternate or previous names Red Group, Chris, Money, Red

Comments on the site names

  • FORMERLY KNOWN AS RED GROUP.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -129.80042, 57.70121 (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 British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -129.80042, 57.70121
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner American Bullion Minerals, Ltd.
    Interest 80
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Teck Corp.
    Interest 20
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Falconbridge Ltd. (1.8% Smelter Royalty)
    Interest 20
    Home office Canada
    Year 1989
    Last year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • TECK CORPORATION CAN INCREASE OWNERSHIP TO 55 % IF THEY PROVIDE PROJECT FINANCING. TECK CORPORATION HAS NOT LISTED THE PROPERTY AS EXPLORATION PROPERTY IN 1991-1992 CMH.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Indicated 30000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 30000000mt ore
    Total resources 135000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.73 wt-pct Copper Major 1976
    Gold Au 0.48 g/mt Gold Minor 1976
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Inferred 34500000mt ore
    Total resources 34500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.59 wt-pct Copper Major 1978
    Gold Au 0.2999 g/mt Gold Minor 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 41000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.56 wt-pct Copper Major 1970
    Gold Au 0.34 g/mt Gold Minor 1970
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Demonstrated 157000000mt ore
    Total resources 157000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.48 wt-pct Copper Major 1995
    Gold Au 0.37 g/mt Gold Minor 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Names

    INTERNATIONAL MINING NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1994, P-1.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANNIS, R.C., D.A. CRANSTONE AND M. VALLEE, A SURVEY OF KNOWN

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERALS, MR 181,1978

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. A-38.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER PRESS, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80;1979,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.196, 259, 275.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, B.C.-335.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 6/6/94, P. 14.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING RECORD, V 106/N 34, 8/23/95, P.5.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE MINING RECORD, 5/10/95, P 6, "DIAMOND DRILLING RESUMES

  • Reserve-Resource

    ON RED CHRIS PROPERTY".

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, 07/09/95, P424, "RED CHRIS UNDER COVER".

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, 1/19/94, P.1.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, 6/1/94, P.1.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, 10/12/94, P.3.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, 11/30/94, P.19.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, V 106/N 9, 3/1/95, P.52.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, V 106/N 29, 7/19/95, P.5.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, V 106/N 37, 9/13/95, P.3.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, V 106/N 38, 9/20/95, P.6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-1996 Porter, Kenneth E. 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:

  • Falconbridge Ltd. (1.8% Smelter Royalty) — now part of Subsidiary of Glencore (2013)
    Acquired by Xstrata in 2006; Xstrata merged into Glencore in 2013.

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.

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