Giant Tailings

Past Producer 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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278774
MAS/MILS ID 1220300042
Record type Site
Current site name Giant Tailings
Alternate or previous names Yellowknife Tailings

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -114.48473, 62.50011 (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

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ARE FOR THE TOWN OF YELLOWKNIFE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -114.48473, 62.50011

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Royal Oak Mines Inc.
    Interest 100
    Year 1992

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 5080000mt ore
    Total resources 5080000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.3 g/mt Gold Major 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CURRENT LATE-STAGE CANADIAN GOLD PROJECTS (METALS ECONOMICS

  • Deposit

    ROYAL OAK MINES INC. ANNUAL REPORT, 1991

  • Deposit

    CURRENT SATE-STAGE CANADIAN GOLD PROJECTS (METALS ECONOMICS

  • Deposit

    GROUP), 6/92, P.471-4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-FEB-1995 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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