Knob Lake Deposits=

Producer in Quebec, Canada with commodity Iron
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255130
MAS/MILS ID 1220500044
Record type Site
Current site name Knob Lake Deposits=
Alternate or previous names Gagnon A Mineferriman 3 Deposit, Burnt Creek Mines., Ruth Lake Mine, Burnt Creek Mine, Wishart Mine, Ferriman Mineferriman 1 Deposit, Goodwood Deposit, Gill Mine Ruth Lake 1 Deposit, Gagnon B Mine Ferriman 5n Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -66.81914, 54.8 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -66.81914, 54.8

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Labrador Mining And Exploration Co., Ltd.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hollinger North Shore Exploration Co., Ltd.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Iron Ore Co. Of Canada.
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1966
    Measured 270000000mt ore
    Indicated 360000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 630000000mt ore
    Inferred 450000000mt ore
    Total resources 1080000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 53.6 wt-pct Iron Major 1966

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Percent Waste Rock 57
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 12
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 18800
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    DINSDALE, J., IRON ORE COMPANY OF CANADA-SEPT.-ILES

  • Production

    OPERATION; D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN MILLING PRACTICE IN

  • Production

    CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.255-260.

  • Geology

    GROSS, G.A., GEOLOGY OF IRON DEPOSITS IN CANADA: VOLUME III,

  • Geology

    IRON RANGES OF THE LABRADOR GEOSYNCLINE; GEOL.SURV. OF

  • Geology

    CANADA, DEPT. EMR, ECON. GEOLO.REPORT NO.22,1968,

  • Geology

    (REPRINT 1972) P.19-69.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GROSS, G.A., IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF CANADA AND THE WEST

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDIES; IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES, DEPT. OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    ECON. & SOC. AFFFAIRS, UNITED NATIONS, NY, 1970, P.237-26

  • Workings

    GARG, O.P. AND J.W. DEVON, PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF

  • Workings

    RECENTLY IMPROVED PIT SLOPE DESIGN PROCEDURES AT SCHEFF-

  • Workings

    ERVILLE; CIM BULL., SEPT., 1978, P.68-72.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, W.D., DEVELOPMENT OF THE BURNT CREEK-ROWE MINE

  • Deposit

    COMPLEX ON THE KNOB LAKE IRON RANGE, CMJ, NOV.,1972,P.37-

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1979, P.144.

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.