Fat Lake

Prospect in Northwest Territories, Canada with commodity Gold
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. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255494
MAS/MILS ID 1220300035
Record type Site
Current site name Fat Lake
Alternate or previous names Keewatin Gold Project

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.85866, 62.12023 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Northwest Territories

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.85866, 62.12023

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northwest Territory

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Borealis Exploration Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1986

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Demonstrated 215000mt ore
    Total resources 215000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 10.67 g/mt Gold Major 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P. 71.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, NWT-3.

  • Deposit

    SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW, OCTOBER 25, 1986, PAGES 4-8.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-DEC-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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