Great Whale River

Prospect in Quebec, Canada with commodity Iron
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 10181806
MAS/MILS ID 1220500024
Record type Site
Current site name Great Whale River

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.99955, 55.16676 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.99955, 55.16676

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Great Whale Iron Mines Ltd
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Little Long Lake Mines Ltd
    Interest 34
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wright-Hargreaves Mines Ltd
    Interest 33
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Malartic Gold Fields (Quebec) Ltd.
    Interest 33
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Indicated 957000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 957000000mt ore
    Total resources 957000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron FeO 30 wt-pct Iron Major 1967

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.124.

  • Reserve-Resource

    VITUNSKI, STEPEHEN, LAC COMPANIES IN FURTHER STEP TO CON-

  • Reserve-Resource

    SOLIDATION, NORTHERN MINER, JULY 20, 1978, P.1,2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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