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Restigouchethird Portage Lake

Prospect in New Brunswick, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206487
MAS/MILS ID 1220200019
Record type Site
Current site name Restigouchethird Portage Lake
Alternate or previous names Restigouche

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -66.61595, 47.50323 (WGS84)
Elevation 450
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Campbellton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada New Brunswick

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -66.61595, 47.50323
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 50M
    Length 420M
    Width 120M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STRATIFORM
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830712
  • Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT ORIGIN: VOLCANOGENIC. STRIKE:N35W DIP:35 PLUNGE: 20 ON BEARING N35W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1954
Mining method Bench (Berm)

Mining district

District name Bathurst-Newcastle District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Placer Development Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • PA=63MT/DAY EACH OF ZN, PB, CU, AU, AG.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Indicated 2400000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2400000mt ore
    Total resources 2400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 103 g/mt Silver Minor 1972
    Lead Pb 5.5 wt-pct Lead Major 1972
    Zinc Zn 6.8 wt-pct Zinc Major 1972
    Copper Cu 0.2999 wt-pct Copper Minor 1972
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Indicated 2700000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2700000mt ore
    Total resources 2700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 85.8 g/mt Silver Minor 1978
    Lead Pb 4.5 wt-pct Lead Major 1978
    Zinc Zn 6 wt-pct Zinc Major 1978
    Copper Cu 0.34 wt-pct Copper Minor 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REF:MINERAL BULLETIN #MR189, CANADIAN RESERVES AS OF JAN. 1,1980 ENERGY MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA.
  • 90% MINE RECOVERY. NO DILUTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 35
    Primary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 433
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 6.8
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on other economic factors

  • TRANSPORTATION COST MILL TO SMELTER: $50/MT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.12.

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    1979, P.122, 232.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS, CANADIAN RESERVES OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLD

  • Reserve-Resource

    AS OF JAN. 1, 1978, EMR CANADA, MINERALS, MR 185, 1979,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.20.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, OCTOBER 2, 1980, P. 2.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, JANUARY 17, 1980, P. A19.

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, D.N., 1979, A MINERALIZED ORDOVICIAN RESURGENT

  • Deposit

    CALDERA COMPLEX IN THE BATHURST-NEWCASTLE MINING

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 74, P. 786-796.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 1969, P. 136.

  • Deposit

    RESTIGOUCHE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, NEW BRUNSWICK DEPARTMENT OF

  • Deposit

    NATURAL RESOURCES DATA SHEET 21 0/7.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Rfb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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