| Deposit ID | 10278723 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 1220200004 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Little River Mineheathe Steel |
| Alternate or previous names | Little River Joint Venture |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -66.08254, 47.29573 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 345 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Campbellton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Canada | New Brunswick |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | -66.08254, 47.29573 |
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| Length | 925M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | 130M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 300HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1953 |
| Mining method | Open Stope |
| Year of first production | 1965 |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| District name | Bathurst-Newcastle District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Heath Steele Mines, Ltd |
| Home office | Canada |
| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Noranda Mines, Ltd. |
| Interest | 75 |
| Home office | Canada |
| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| Interest | 25 |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1980 |
| Year | 1965 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 254000mt |
| Description | Total Mine Output 254000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1966 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 254000mt |
| Description | Total Mine Output 254000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1967 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 254000mt |
| Description | Total Mine Output 254000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1968 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 508000mt |
| Description | Total Mine Output 508000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1969 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 508000mt |
| Description | Total Mine Output 508000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1970 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 952000mt |
| Description | Total Mine Output 952000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1971 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 952000mt |
| Description | Total Mine Output 952000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1972 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 952000mt |
| Description | Total Zn & Pb & Cu Conc. Production 952000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1973 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 952000mt |
| Description | Total Ore Mined 952000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1974 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 952000mt |
| Description | Total Ore Mined 952000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1975 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 988000mt |
| Description | Total Ore Mined 988000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1976 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 1053000mt |
| Description | Total Zn & Pb & Cu Produced 1053000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 1150000mt |
| Description | 1150000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 1138000mt |
| Description | 1138000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 1173000mt |
| Description | 1173000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 1252000mt |
| Description | 1252000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1981 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 1250000mt |
| Description | 1250000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1982 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 1399000mt |
| Description | 1399000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 450000mt |
| Description | 450000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Year | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Material | Ore |
| Ore mined | 131000mt |
| Description | 131000 Mt Ore/Yr |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 28366000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 28366000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 28366000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Measured | 15255000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 15255000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 15255000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 4000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 4000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 4000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 3940000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 3940000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall depth | 415M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 1220200004 |
SAPIRO, PROCESS CONTROL AT HEATH STEELE MINES; CANADIAN
MINING JOURNAL, MARCH, 1977, P.24,27.
BUSSE, E., MILL EXPANSION AT HEATH STEELE; CIM BULL., NOV.,
1972, P.25-32.
OWSIACKI, LEO AND A.L. MCALLISTER, FRAGMENTAL MASSIVE
SULPHIDES AT THE HEATH STEELE MINE, NEW BRUNSWICK,
CIM BULL., NOV., 1979, P.93-100.
CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1980-1981, HEATH STEELE MINES
LIMITED; P. 118.
CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1986-87, NORTHERN MINER PRESS,P.183.
MINE RESERVES AND CURRENTLY PROMISING DEPOSITS, JAN. 1985,
EMR CANADA, MR 209, P. 12.
AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE 1993,
P. 43, 48.
LADNER, ERROL, IN-THE-HOLE DRILLING AT HEATH STEEL MINES
LIMITED; CIM BULL., OCT., 1979, P. 59-65.
CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-79. P. 131.
DECHOW, E., GEOLOGY, SULFUR ISOTOPES AND THE ORIGIN OF THE
HEATH STEELE ORE DEPOSITS, NEWCASTLE, N.B., CANADA.
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 55, 1960, PP. 539-556.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. SUCCESSFUL EXPLORATION
PROGRAM SPARKS A TURN-AROUND AT HEATH STEELE MINES.
OCT., 1971, PP. 86-91.
JOHNSTON, GEORGE A. HEATH STEELE MINES LIMITED. MILLING
PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM SPEC. VOL. 16, 1978, PP. 168-169
LUSK, JOHN. BASE METAL ZONING IN THE HEATH STEELE B-1 ORE-
BODY, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 64,
1969, PP. 509-518.
MINING MAGAZINE. NEW SHAFT COMMISSIONED AT HEATH STEELE.
JUNE 1977, P. 433.
BUSSE, EGON, ACID DRAINAGE CONTROL AND WATER TREATMENT AT
HEATH STEELE; CIM BULL., NOV., 1974, P.54-61.
BRANCH, STEPHEN, BRUNSWICK MINING AND HEATH STEELE: EXPAN-
SION AND CO-OPERATION; CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MAY,
1980, PP. 56-65.
BOORMAN, ROY S., AND DAVID M. WATSON, CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN
ABANDONED SULFIDE TAILINGS DUMPS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IM-
PLICATION FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW BRUNSWICK; CIM BULL.,
AUGUST, 1976, PP. 86-96.
CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-1980, HEATH STEELE MINES LTD;
P. 126.
E/MJ INT. DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERA-
TIONS, 1978, P. 237.
NORTHERN MINER, NORANDA GETS HEATH; OCT. 4, 1979, P. 1.
NORTHERN MINER, NO CHANGES FOR HEATH NORANDA, ASARCO SAY;
NOV. 8, 1979, P. 28.
SKILLINGS', NORANDA ACQUIRES OWNERSHIP OF HEATH STEELE FROM
AMAX; OCT. 13,1979, P. 14.
WORLD MINING, JULY, 1972, P. 49.
WORLD MINES REGISTER 1979-1980, P. 65.
CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL REFERENCE MANUAL AND BUYERS GUIDE
1980.
EASTERN NEW BRUNSWICK",AUGUST 1976, PP. 86-96.
CIM BULLETIN "ACID DRAINAGE CONTROL AND WATER TREATMENT AT
HEATH STEELE", NOVEMBER 1974, PP.54-61.
MINING MAGAZINE, "NEW SHAFT COMMISSIONED AT HEATH STEELE",
JUNE 1977, PP.433.
1978 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL
PROCESSING OPERATIONS, PP.76,237.
CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-1980, PP.126.
CIM BULLETIN,"MILL EXPANSION AT HEATH STEELE", NOVEMBER 1972
PP.25-32.
E/MJ,"SUCCESSFUL EXPLORATION PROGRAM SPARKS A TURN AROUND AT
HEATH STEELE MINES", OCTORBER 1971,PP.86-91.
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY,"BASE METAL ZONING IN THE HEATH STEELE B-1
OREBODY, NEW BRUNSWICK,CANADA",VOL.64,1969, PP.509-518.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-MAR-97 | Fantel, Richard J. / Golder | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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