Bucko Lake Zone

Prospect in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Cobalt, Nickel
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  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 10255346
MAS/MILS ID 1220150027
Record type Site
Current site name Bucko Lake Zone
Alternate or previous names No Alternate Names., Bucko Lake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -98.6608, 54.88785 (WGS84)
Elevation 230
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -98.6608, 54.88785

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 500M
    Width 152M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10.5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9
    Date of Last Modification 830627

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRABASIC BODY CONTAINING THE MINERALIZATION STRIKES NORTH-SOUTH AND DIPS STEEPLY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Thmpson Ni Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bowden Lake Nickel Mines Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • BOWDEN LAKE NICKEL MINES LIMITED WAS FORMED IN 1965 AND IS OWNED 66.7% BY FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES LTD., 23.3% BY CONSOLIDATED MARBENOR MINES LIMITED, 5% BY RIO TINTO CANADIAN EXPLORATION LTD. AND 5% BY PRIVATE STOCKHOLDERS

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Measured 27210000mt ore
    Demonstrated 27210000mt ore
    Total resources 27210000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.8 wt-pct Copper 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Measured 2100000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2100000mt ore
    Total resources 2100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.38 wt-pct Copper 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE GRADE IS FOR "DEMO" RESOURCE CATEGORY. MEASURED RESOURCE GR DETERMINED FROM UNDERGROUND EXPLORATION. OWNER: FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES, LTD. (67%). OPERATOR: BOWDEN LAKE NICKEL MINES LTD.
  • CONTRACTOR AND BUREAU ESTIMATES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 0M
    Overall depth 340M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BLOCK CAVING 10-79
    Percent Waste Rock 4.3
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Slope of Inclines 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 0
    1st Condition of Workings SEALED
    Capacity 6500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 28.3
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;

  • Deposit

    ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERALS, MR181,1978,

  • Deposit

    P.31,A-29.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1979, P.139.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P.23.

  • Deposit

    BAMBURAK,J.D. "MINERA INVENTORY OF MANITOBA." ECONOMIC

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY REPORT ER79-6. MANITOBA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

  • Deposit

    AND MINES. MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION. 1980.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL POLICY SECTOR, OTTAWA. CORPORATION FILES: BOWDEN

  • Deposit

    SHAFT. REVISED JANUARY, 1979.

  • Deposit

    "TO BOWDEN NICKEL AND PINTO GOLD." NORTHERN MINER. MARCH 3,

  • Deposit

    1979. P.7.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, H.B.D.,L.C. KILBURN, A.R. GRAHAM, K. RAMLAL.

  • Deposit

    "GEOCHEMISTRY OF SOME NICKELIFEROUS ULTRABASIC.

  • Deposit

    INTRUSIONS." UNREFERENCED. PP.294-309.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-DEC-94 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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