Westarm

Past Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230106
MAS/MILS ID 1220150013
Record type Site
Current site name Westarm
Alternate or previous names Westarm Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -101.83733, 54.64333 (WGS84)
Elevation 300

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -101.83733, 54.64333

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1948
Year of first production 1978

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hudson Bay Mining And Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Indicated 526000mt ore
    Demonstrated 526000mt ore
    Total resources 526000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3.54 wt-pct Copper Major 1985
    Zinc Zn 1.8 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1985
    Silver Ag 17.5 g/mt Silver Trace 1985
    Gold Au 1.47 g/mt Gold Trace 1985
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Measured 644000mt ore
    Demonstrated 644000mt ore
    Total resources 644000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 4.63 wt-pct Copper Major 1973
    Zinc Zn 0.6 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1986-87, NORTHERN MINER PRESS,P.188.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINE RESERVES AND CURRENTLY PROMISING DEPOSITS, JAN. 1985,

  • Reserve-Resource

    EMR CANADA, MR 209, P. 20.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, MAN-59.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P.133.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P.14.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 77-RCD-611-RESERVES ARE TO 434M WITH DEPOSIT OPEN AT DEPTH. 77-RCD-620-SHAFT SINKING STARTED AROUND APR.,1975.

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.