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Quesnell Lake

Prospect in British Columbia, Canada with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255013
MAS/MILS ID 1220100105
Record type Site
Current site name Quesnell Lake
Alternate or previous names Quesnel Lake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -122.00142, 54.99987 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -122.00142, 54.99987
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 309M
    Length 928M
    Width 1237M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Date of Last Modification 850827

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eaglet Mines, Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Year 1982

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Measured 5000000mt ore
    Indicated 6000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 11000000mt ore
    Inferred 9000000mt ore
    Total resources 20000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 11.5 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROPOSED OPERATION.
  • Q1C1 = Q9C4 EST. FROM DRILL HOLE DATA TAKEN BY EAGLET MINES, LIMITED DEPOSIT ALSO CONTAINS RECOVERABLE AMOUNTS OF SILVER, LEAD, MOLYBDENUM, AND ZINC

Comments on the workings information

  • ACCESS TO PROPERTY REQUIRES A BOAT TRIP OF ROUGHLY 7 MILES.

Comments on other economic factors

  • EXPECT PROPERTY TO START PRODUCING IN 1986. IN 1983 366 M OF DEVEL. FOR GEOLOGICAL PURPOSES HAS BEEN PLANNED. IT IS PLANNED TO USE UNDERGROUND MINING METHODS. TOO DEEP FOR SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    NORTHERN MINER, JULY 29, 1982

  • Geology

    EAGLET MINES

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, MARCH 19, 1982

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, AUGUST 9, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS,WIDTH, AND LENGTH OF MINERALIZATION IS THE MAX FIGURE GIVEN IN THE LITERATURE. NO AVG. FIGURES AT THIS TIME.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JAN-97 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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