Ox Lake

Prospect in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
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 10278982
MAS/MILS ID 1220100057
Record type Site
Current site name Ox Lake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -127.05716, 53.67478 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -127.05716, 53.67478

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Silver Standard Mines Ltd.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)
    Home office New York
    Year 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Indicated 17200000mt ore
    Demonstrated 17200000mt ore
    Total resources 17200000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Molybdenum Mo 0.036 wt-pct Molybdenum Major 1985
    Copper Cu 0.33 wt-pct Copper Major 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    RICHARD, GORDON, OX LAKE, A SUTHERLAND BROWN, ED., PORPHYRY

  • Geology

    DEPOSITS OF THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME

  • Geology

    NO. 15, 1976, P.289-298.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, B.C.-216.

  • Deposit

    ANNIS, R.C., D.A. CRANSTONE AND M.VALLEE, A SURVEY OF KNOWN

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;

  • Deposit

    ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERALS, MR181,1978,

  • Deposit

    P.A-37

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-JUL-91 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.