Beacon

Past Producer in Quebec, Canada with commodity Gold
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 10206563
MAS/MILS ID 1220500027
Record type Site
Current site name Beacon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.54964, 48.10639 (WGS84)

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
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.54964, 48.10639

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Milling method Unspecified

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rio Algom
    Interest 60
    Home office Canada
    Year 1990

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Demonstrated 312000mt ore
    Inferred 466000mt ore
    Total resources 778000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 7.5 g/mt Gold Major 1985
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Demonstrated 577000mt ore
    Total resources 577000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 7.1 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Demonstrated 577000mt ore
    Total resources 577000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 7.1 g/mt Gold Major 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1990-91, P. 62.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 213, 1986, P. 69, 70, (QUE-158).

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, (QUE-172).

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 6/18/90, P. A15.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P. 56.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-DEC-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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