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Sleeping Giant

Past Producer in Quebec, Canada with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Production statistics
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255515
MAS/MILS ID 1220500128
Record type Site
Current site name Sleeping Giant
Alternate or previous names Soissons, Perron

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.96635, 49.12669 (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
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.96635, 49.12669
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Filled Stopes
Year of first production 1988
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Aurizon Mines Ltd.
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cambior Inc.
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1990

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Description 4.0 G Au 143626 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 143626mt 4g/mt
  • Year 1989
    Description 6.77 G Au 143458 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 143458mt 7g/mt
  • Year 1990
    Description 8.11 G Au 133000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 133000mt 8g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • DESCRIPTION SHOWS MILL FEED GRADES.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 1054000mt ore
    Total resources 1054000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.3 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 1054000mt ore
    Total resources 1054000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.3 g/mt Gold Major 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PRODUCTION STARTED 8/88 MINEABLE RESERVES DEPLETION END OF 1990.
  • CHM, 91-92, P.56. MINING RESERVES NEARING DEPLETION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CMH, 91-92, P.56. MINING RESERVES DEPLETION EXPECTED 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JAN-1993 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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