New Quirke

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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230570
MAS/MILS ID 1220400050
Record type Site
Current site name New Quirke
Alternate or previous names Quirke, Old Quirke

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.61654, 46.51669 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blind River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.61654, 46.51669

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rio Algom Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    JACOBS ENGINEERING CO.,, ION PROCESS IMPROVES URANIUM

  • Production

    MILLING; SEPT., 1976, P.62.

  • Production

    EWASCHUK, HARRY, ENVIRO-CLEAR THICKENER USED AT QUIRKE MILL;

  • Production

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MARCH, 1977, P.20,21.

  • Production

    VERMEULEN, L.W., RIO ALGOM LTD., D.E. PICKETT, ED.,IN

  • Production

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

  • Production

    P.307-309.

  • Workings

    WORLD MINING, DRIVING LONGEST VERTICAL RAISE; SEPT., 1974

  • Workings

    P.59.

  • Workings

    WESTERN MINER, WORLD'S HIGHEST VERTICAL RAISE BROKEN

  • Workings

    THROUGH; JUNE, 1974, P.74,75.

  • Deposit

    ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., RIO ALGOM; SEPT., 1969, P.?

  • Deposit

    HESTER, K.D., CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AT RIO ALGOM, ELLIOT LAKE;

  • Deposit

    CIM BULL., APRIL, 1979, P.181-188.

  • Deposit

    RIO ALGOM STAFF, NEW QUIRKE MINE VENTILATION AND HEATING;

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, OCT., 1972, P.49-60.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL,HOUSING BOOM HITS ELLIOT LAKE,NEW

  • Deposit

    TOWNSITE PLANNED; NOV., 1978, P.63.

  • Deposit

    HEDLEY, D.G.F., EFFECT OF GEOLOGICAL FACTORS ON STOPE-AND-

  • Deposit

    PILLAR LAYOUT IN AN ELLIOT LAKE URANIUM MINE; CIM BULL.,

  • Deposit

    MARCH, 1975, P.107-112.

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, RICHARD A., RIO ALGOM PLANS HUGE EXPANSION TO

  • Deposit

    DELIVER 80 MILLION LB; ENG. AND MIN. JOUR.,NOV.,1978,

  • Deposit

    P.166-168

  • Deposit

    JOUBIN, FRANK R., COMMENTS REGARDING THE BLIND RIVER(ALGOMA)

  • Deposit

    URANIUM ORES AND THEIR ORIGIN; ECON. GEOL., VOL.55,

  • Deposit

    1960, P.1751-1756.

  • Deposit

    FISH, RICHARD, RIO ALGOM STEPS UP QUIRKE, REACTIVATES PANEL,

  • Deposit

    STUDIES MILLIKEN; CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, NOV., 1978,

  • Deposit

    P.32-45.

  • Deposit

    HESTER, K.D., RIO ALGOM EXPANDS PLANT AT ELLIOT LAKE;

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MAY,1979, P.396-405.

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.