Portage

Producer in Quebec, Canada with commodities Copper, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206546
MAS/MILS ID 1220500053
Record type Site
Current site name Portage

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.1962, 49.90858 (WGS84)
Elevation 400

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
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.1962, 49.90858

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1960

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Westminer (Canada) Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Mining Corp. Holdings Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1986

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Measured 1432000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1432000mt ore
    Total resources 1432000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.4299 wt-pct Copper Major 1978
    Gold Au 1.72 g/mt Gold Major 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    DEVILLE, PHILIPPE, JOHN H. EGLESIAS AND BIMAN BIHARI,

  • Production

    PATINO MINES (QUEBEC) LIMITED; D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN

  • Production

    MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978,

  • Production

    P.123,124.

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.208.

  • 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.11.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, PORTAGE MINE RE-OPENING UNDER STUDY BY

  • Reserve-Resource

    PATINO; MAY 3, 1979, P.8.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1986-87, NORTHERN MINER PRESS,P.287.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINE RESERVES AND CURRENTLY PROMISING DEPOSITS, JAN. 1985,

  • Reserve-Resource

    EMR CANADA, MR 209, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    REF-THE FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES 1976, P.133.

  • Deposit

    REF-GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC MINERALS OF CANADA, P188,194-195.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-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.