Wilanour

Past Producer in Ontario, 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 10255560
MAS/MILS ID 1220400147
Record type Site
Current site name Wilanour
Alternate or previous names Cochenour-Willans

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.80527, 51.07641 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.80527, 51.07641

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1939
Milling method Unspecified

Mining district

District name Kenora District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tvx Gold Inc.
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wilanour Resources Ltd.
    Interest 30
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pronto Explorations Ltd.
    Interest 12.5
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fasken, Robert H.
    Interest 7.5
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 1130000mt ore
    Total resources 1130000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.9 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 174000mt ore
    Total resources 174000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 11.3 g/mt Gold Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Total resources 405000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 19.2 g/mt Gold Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 174000mt ore
    Total resources 174000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 11.3 g/mt Gold Major 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHEN MINER, 12/3/90, P1, 20.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 12/9/91, P.6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-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.