Madawaska

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodity Uranium
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 10230551
MAS/MILS ID 1220400087
Record type Site
Current site name Madawaska
Alternate or previous names Bancroft Mine, Faraday Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.93297, 45.01669 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.93297, 45.01669

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Madawaska Mines Ltd
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Federal Resources Corp
    Interest 51
    Home office Utah
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Canadian Faraday Mines Ltd
    Interest 49
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Indicated 930000mt ore
    Demonstrated 930000mt ore
    Total resources 930000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.145 wt-pct Uranium Major 1976
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Inferred 1450000mt ore
    Total resources 1450000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.093 wt-pct Uranium Major 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    KRESIN, P., MADAWASKA MINES LTD.;D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN

  • Production

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

  • Production

    P.304-307.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, 1500 TPD FARADAY MINE REOPENED;

  • Reserve-Resource

    OCT., 1976, P.67.

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, RICHARD A., MADAWASKA MINES: LEAVING STARTUP AND

  • Deposit

    CONTRACT PROBLEMS FAR BEHIND; ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., NOV.,

  • Deposit

    1978, P.162-165.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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