Stronsay

Prospect in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206159
MAS/MILS ID 1220100119
Record type Site
Current site name Stronsay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.36798, 48.41649 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Angeles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Comments on the location information

  • LAT/LONG FOR VICTORIA BRITISH COLUMBIA TILL BETTER LOCATION FOUND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.36798, 48.41649

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Curragh Resources
    Interest 70
    Year 1992
  • Type Owner
    Owner Asturiana Dg Zinc, S. A.
    Interest 30
    Year 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE-JULY 1992 PG.47.-"MAJOR NEW PROJECTS"

  • Deposit

    *CRU METAL MONITOR, ZINC, NOV. 1991, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL (E&MJ), MARCH 1993,

  • Deposit

    PP. 19,22.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AS REPORTED IN MARCH 1993, THE BASIC PERMITS NEEDED TO DEVELOP THE DEPOSIT WERE OBTAINED, AND DEVELOPMENT SHOULD TAKE ABOUT 18-24 MONTHS. *CONSTRUCTION OF THE MINE AND MILL IS SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE IN THE SPRING OF 1992 AND WILL TAKE 14-18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE. THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT WILL BE C$177M (US$157M). AT FULL CAPACITY THE MINE WILL PRODUCE 93,000 TPY ZN CONC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-AUG-1994 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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