Captain

Prospect in New Brunswick, Canada with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255491
MAS/MILS ID 1220200021
Record type Site
Current site name Captain
Alternate or previous names Captain Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -65.88203, 47.28413 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada New Brunswick

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -65.88203, 47.28413

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Stratabound Minerals Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1989

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1965
    Indicated 311000mt ore
    Demonstrated 311000mt ore
    Total resources 311000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.99 wt-pct Copper Major 1965
    Gold Au 0.58 g/mt Gold Minor 1965
    Silver Ag 9.6 g/mt Silver Minor 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 181,1978,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.13.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, NB-47.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUL-1991 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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