| Deposit ID | 10255233 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 1220500049 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Opemiska Division |
| Alternate or previous names | Perry Mine, Springer Mine, Cooke Mine |
| Point of reference | Plant |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.84953, 49.79999 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 556 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Canada | Quebec |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Molybdenite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Pyrrhotite | Unknown |
| Silver | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Plant (1) | -74.84953, 49.79999 |
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| Area | 400HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1929 |
| Year of first production | 1954 |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| District name | Chibougamau |
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| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
| Ownership category | Unknown |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Minnova Inc. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Canada |
| Year | 1990 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
| Measured | 3828000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 3828000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 3828000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
| Measured | 413000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 413000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 413000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Measured | 585000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 585000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 585000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 183000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 183000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall depth | 810M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall depth | 605M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 1220500049 |
BONNEVILLE, J.P. AND J.R. MAXWELL, FALCONBRIDGE COPPER LTD.-
DIVISION OPEMISKA; D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN MILLING PRACTICE
IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.96,97.
CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1990-91, P. 286.
MINNOVA INC., 1989 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 13.
CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,
P.108.
CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1980-81, FALCONBRIDGE COPPER LIMITED
PAGE 101-102.
CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P. 255.
COOKE, F.G., INNOVATIONS AND PRACTICES AT OPEMISKA;
CIM BULL., NOV., 1968, P.1313-1318.
CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R. T. WHILLANS, CANADIAN RESERVES OF
COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLD
AS OF JAN.1, 1978, EMR CANADA, MINERALS, MR185,1979,
P.10.
PRECAMBRIAN - MINING IN CANADA, JULY, 1960, P. 13-26.
MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, 1978, FALCONBRIDGE COPPER
LIMITED -DIVISION OPEMISKA: CIM SPECIAL VOL. 16, P.96-97
CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, 1974, FALCONBRIDGE'S OPEMISKA: JUNE
P. 60-61.
CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, 1980, 400 FT. LONG BENCHES SUCCESS-
FUL IN OPEMIISKA BLAST: MARCH, P. 58-63.
MAXWELL, J. R., 1972, LARGE FLOTATION CELLS IN OPEMISKA
CONCENTRATOR: AIME TRANSACTIONS - VOL. 252, MARCH,P.95-98
DERRY, D.R. AND FOLINSBEE, J.C., GEOLOGY AND STRUCTUE OF
THE OPEMISKA COPPER MINE, QUEBEC: THE CANADIAN MINING AND
METALLURIGICAL BULLETIN FOR SEPTEMBER, 1955, MONTREAL,
P. 589-595.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 30-DEC-94 | Porter, Kenneth E. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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