Beauchastel

Plant in Quebec, 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. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206082
MAS/MILS ID 1220500030
Record type Site
Current site name Beauchastel
Alternate or previous names Dunbar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.0914, 48.19639 (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
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.0914, 48.19639

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Mining method Shrinkage Methods
Year of first production 1993
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Leach-Precipitation

Mining district

District name Quebec, Canada

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Radisson Mining Resources Inc.
    Interest 75
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Augmitto Explorations Ltd.
    Interest 25
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 226800mt ore
    Total resources 226800mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.86 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 1766290mt ore
    Total resources 1766290mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5.83 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Inferred 725748mt ore
    Total resources 725748mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.31 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 1720751mt ore
    Total resources 1720751mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5.66 g/mt Gold Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES AS OF 1988 ESTIMATE. SOURCE: AUGMITTO EXPLORATIONS LIMITED, REPORT, AUGUST, 1988, P5. AND, THE NORTHERN MINER, JAN. 08, 1990, PAGE 9.
  • RESOURCES DATA USED IN THE 1993 CANADIAN GOLD STUDY. SEE R-DATA SET, REC. 4 AND BIB. FOR SOURCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, (QUE-262).

  • Reserve-Resource

    AUGMITTO EXPLORATION LIMITED, REPORT, AUGUST, 1988, P5.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, "RADISSON, AUGMITTO DEAL COULD LEAD TO

  • Reserve-Resource

    PRODUCTION", JAN. 08, 1990, PAGE 9.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-1995 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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