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Whitehorse Copper

Past Producer in Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230368
MAS/MILS ID 1220600002
Record type Site
Current site name Whitehorse Copper
Alternate or previous names Little Chief, Middle Chief,, Big Chief, Artic Cheif,, Best Chance, War Eagle,, Black Cub, Kodiac Cub, Gern, Cowby Park, Kuwenaw,

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -135.05997, 60.63589 (WGS84)
Elevation 792

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Canada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Copper Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Diopside Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Powellite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Silver Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -135.05997, 60.63589
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 75N
    Thickness 396M
    Length 305M
    Width 24M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 183M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N45W:75N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Year of first production 1967

Mining district

District name Whitehorse

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hudson Bay Mining And Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1989

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Indicated 7157000mt ore
    Demonstrated 7157000mt ore
    Inferred 9550000mt ore
    Total resources 16707000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.91 wt-pct Copper Major 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Indicated 2771000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2771000mt ore
    Inferred 2771000mt ore
    Total resources 5542000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.35 wt-pct Copper Major 1973
    Gold Au 1.03 g/mt Gold Minor 1973
    Silver Ag 13.7199 g/mt Silver Minor 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Indicated 2575000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2575000mt ore
    Total resources 2575000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.01 wt-pct Copper Major 1972
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Measured 406000mt ore
    Demonstrated 406000mt ore
    Total resources 406000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.71 wt-pct Copper Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Measured 450000mt ore
    Demonstrated 450000mt ore
    Total resources 450000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.71 wt-pct Copper Major 1989

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 5300M
    Overall depth 381M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL CAVING 10-75
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 1578
    Slope of Inclines 15
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 2268
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 6.89
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    LINZEY, DOUG, CONCENTRATOR OPERATIONS AT WHITEHORSE COPPER;

  • Production

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MARCH, 1977, P.18,20.

  • Production

    LINZEY, D., WHITEHORSE COPPER MINES LTD., E.E. PICKETT, ED.,

  • Production

    IN MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16,

  • Production

    1978, P.130-132.

  • Ownership

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1984-85, NORTHERN MINER PRESS,P.182.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, YT-17.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P.57.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 10/89, P.71.

  • Deposit

    STAFF PAPER-WHITEHORSE COPPER MINES LTD- PRESENTED TO 2ND. I

  • Deposit

    SYMPOSIUM ON COLD REGIONS ENGINEERING-V. OF ALASKA- JU

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT 1974-WHITEHORSE COPPER MINES LTD.

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT 1975-WHITEHORSE COPPER MINES LTD.

  • Deposit

    JULY 1976 FINANCIAL SHEET-WHITEHORSE COPPER MINES LTD.

  • Deposit

    PAPER-R.G. HILKER-1967 AK. CENTENNIAL MINERALS CONFERENCE- U

  • Deposit

    -COPPER MINING ON THE WHITEHORSE COPPERBELT-YUKON TERR

  • Deposit

    1975 MINERAL INDUSTRY REPORT 1975 YUKON TERRITORY- W.D. SINC

  • Deposit

    J.A. MORIN, D.B. CRAIG, M. MARCHAND

  • Deposit

    SAWATSKY, DON, BUILDING ONE'S OWN MACHINES FOR BETTER

  • Deposit

    OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE: EXPERIENCE AT WHITEHORSE

  • Deposit

    COPPER MINES; WESTERN MINER, JULY, 1978, P.16,20.

  • Deposit

    WHITEHORSE COPPER MINES LTD. STAFF, OPERATIONS AT WHITEHORSE

  • Deposit

    COPPER MINES LTD.

  • Deposit

    PAZOUR, DONALD A., WHITEHORSE COPPER MINE: INNOVATIONS IN

  • Deposit

    THE YUKON; WORLD MINING, FEB., 1979, P.40-46.

  • Deposit

    WHITEHORSE COPPER MINE LTD. STAFF, WHITEHORSE COPPER MINE;

  • Deposit

    IN MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN WESTERN CANADA, THE TENTH

  • Deposit

    COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS- SEPT.2-28

  • Deposit

    1974, SECTION V, ARTICLE D, P.1-17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DURING 1975 A TOTAL OF 200 PERSONS WERE EMPLOYED TOTAL WAGES FOR 1975 (INCLUDING FRINGES) = $4305952 PGQM CONSTRUCTED FROM WHITEHORSE COPPER MINES 1975 ANNUAL RE CONCENTRATE GRADE IS 35%-45% COPPER PAST PRODUCTION TO 1975 AT 3941000 ST CU WITH A GRADE OF 1.5 HEAD OFFICE ADDRESS SUITE 1695 TWO BENTALL CENTRE 555 BURRARD STREET VANCOUVER, B.C. V7X1G6 MINE OFFICE ADDRESS P.O. BOX 4280 WHITEHORSE Y.T. Y1A3T3 MINE IS ORGANIZED UNDER UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCA SHARES LISTED: TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE & VANCOUVER STOCK EXCH DAILY WATER USEAGE: 1200000 GPD- 800000 TO 900000 GPD IS REC AVERAGE MONTHLY POWER CONSUMPTION IN 1975 WAS 2584000 KWH POWER SUPPLIED BY YUKON ELECTRICAL COMPANY POWER DELIVERED TO SITE AT 34500 V.-PRIMARY DISTRIBUTION 416 MINE AIR IS HEATED BY A DIRECT FIRED PROPANE UNIT OF 1200000 MINE VENTILATION AIR- 123000 CFM MINE OCCURS IN GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE NAMED WHITEHORSE COPPERBEL LITTLE CHIEF MINE FIRST MINED AS AN OPEN PIT TO DEPTH OF 350 NEAREST MAJOR WATER SUPPLY IS THE YUKON RIVER-THREE KILOMETE TEMPERATURE RANGES - +80F IN SUMMER TO -40 TO -50F IN WINTER CONCENTRATES SHIPPED TO FLIN FLON MANITOBA FOR SMELTING ACQUISITION 500000 EXPLORATION 600000 DEVELOPMENT 14730258 MINE EQUIPMENT 1675361 MINE SURFACE PLANT 1000000 WORKING CAPITAL 419340 TOTAL MINE CAPITAL 1892 MILL EQUIPMENT 3130609 MILL BUILDINGS 1644145 MILL WORKING CAPITAL 419340 TOTAL MILL CAPITAL 519

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-SEP-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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