Elk

Prospect in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Gold, Silver
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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206339
MAS/MILS ID 1220100083
Record type Site
Current site name Elk
Alternate or previous names Lake, Dill, Siwash North, Bank

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.05117, 49.59984 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Penticton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.05117, 49.59984

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Siwash

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fairfield Minerals Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1992

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Total resources 308000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 22.18 g/mt Gold Major 1992
    Silver Ag 24.7 g/mt Silver Minor 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1992-93, P.141.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 9/21/92, P.3.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P.151.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 4/1/91, P.13.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS', 4/6/91, P.7.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 12/16/91, P.17.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 7/20/92, P.1,2.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE CUTOFF GRADE IS 10 GM AU OVER MINIMUM MINING WIDTH OF 2 METERS. A 10,000 BULK SAMPLE HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THE SIWASH NORTH ZONE BY OPEN PIT FOR METALLURGICAL TEST- ING. PROCESS METHOD HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED YET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-APR-93 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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