Devil's Elbow Group

Prospect in New Brunswick, Canada with commodity Copper
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 10206533
MAS/MILS ID 1220200015
Record type Site
Current site name Devil's Elbow Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -66.39925, 47.41663 (WGS84)

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 Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -66.39925, 47.41663

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Conwest Exploration Co. Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1989

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1965
    Indicated 320000mt ore
    Demonstrated 320000mt ore
    Total resources 320000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.2 wt-pct Copper Major 1965
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Indicated 150000mt ore
    Demonstrated 150000mt ore
    Total resources 150000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.7 wt-pct Copper Major 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

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

  • Ownership

    1979, P.161, 182, 186.

  • 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.11.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, NB-27.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUL-1991 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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