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Catface

Prospect in Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, 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. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230577
MAS/MILS ID 1220140009
Record type Site
Current site name Catface

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -125.98198, 49.25667 (WGS84)
Elevation 670
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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 Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Tenorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -125.98198, 49.25667
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 800M
    Width 500M
    Area 400HA
    Depth to top 45M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 400
    Date of Last Modification 810206

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1960
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Alberni

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Catface Copper Mines Ltd.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Falconbridge Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Indicated 181440000mt ore
    Demonstrated 181440000mt ore
    Total resources 181440000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.475 wt-pct Copper Minor 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Indicated 104300000mt ore
    Demonstrated 104300000mt ore
    Total resources 104300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.48 wt-pct Copper Minor 1975
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Indicated 181440000mt ore
    Demonstrated 181440000mt ore
    Total resources 181440000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.475 wt-pct Copper Minor 1978

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 90HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .61
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 45
    Primary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Secondary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 50
    Capacity 25000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 20940
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    MCDOUGALL, J.J., CATFACE, A. SUTHERLAND BROWN, ED., PORPHYRY

  • Geology

    DEPOSITS OF THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME

  • Geology

    NO. 15, 1976, P. 299-31O.

  • Ownership

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

  • Ownership

    1979, P.64.

  • Ownership

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

  • Ownership

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

  • Ownership

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

  • Ownership

    P.25.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANNIS, R.C., D.A. CRANSTONE AND M. VALLEE, A SURVEY OF KNOWN

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERALS, MR 181, 197

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.37, A35.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MCMYNN, J.E., AND OTHERS, 1975, REPORT OF THE BRITISH

  • Reserve-Resource

    COLUMBIA COPPER TASK FORCE, P. 24,64,65.

  • Reserve-Resource

    EMR CANADA, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN

  • Reserve-Resource

    1989, MR 223, NOV. 1989, P. B.C. 95.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-SEP-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.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Falconbridge Ltd. — now part of Subsidiary of Glencore (2013)
    Acquired by Xstrata in 2006; Xstrata merged into Glencore in 2013.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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