Spanish River Brismil

Past Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodity Copper
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 10278721
MAS/MILS ID 1220400089
Record type Site
Current site name Spanish River Brismil
Alternate or previous names Spanish River, Brismil

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.7579, 46.36529 (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
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.7579, 46.36529

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Year of first production 1969

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kidd Copper Mines Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1972

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Indicated 993000mt ore
    Demonstrated 993000mt ore
    Total resources 993000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.49 wt-pct Copper Major 1968

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

    ERERGY,MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA,MINERALS, MR 181,1978,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.22.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, P. UNT-114.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-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.