Swim Lake

Prospect in Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279055
MAS/MILS ID 1220600020
Record type Site
Current site name Swim Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.18552, 62.25266 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Canada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.18552, 62.25266

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 21M
    Length 457M
    Width 152M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Date of Last Modification 830729

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE BODY TRENDS NW AND DIPS 25% NE ORE OCCURS IN METAMORPHOSED PALEOZOIC SEDEMENTARY ROCKS ON THE SOUTHWEST FLANK OF THE ANVIL ARCH,THE CORE OF WHICH IS THE ANVIL CRETACEOUS BATHLITH.
  • ACCESSORY MINERALS INCLUDE ARSENOPYRITE, MAGNETITE, TETRAHEDRITE. BARITE IS COMMON IN THE QUARTZ GANGUE AND CONSTITUTES ABOUT 1% OF THE SULPHIDE BODY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1963

Mining district

District name Anvil District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cyprus Anvil Mining Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cyprus Mines Corp
    Interest 63
    Home office California
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cyprus Anvil Mining Corp
    Interest 37
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Indicated 4500000mt ore
    Demonstrated 4500000mt ore
    Total resources 4500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 4 wt-pct Lead Major 1972
    Zinc Zn 5.5 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1972
    Silver Ag 51.5 g/mt Silver Minor 1972
    Gold Au 0.69 g/mt Gold Minor 1972
    Copper Cu 0.27 wt-pct Copper Minor 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Capacity 2500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 11
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 360
    Year of Information 1981

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

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.55,

  • Reserve-Resource

    CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS, CANADIAN RESERVES OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLD

  • Reserve-Resource

    AS OF JAN. 1, 1978, EMR CANADA, MINERALS, MR 185, 1979,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.26.

  • Deposit

    BROCK, J.S., GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION LEADING TO THE

  • Deposit

    DISCOVERY OF THE FARO DEPOSIT; CIM BULL., OCT.,1973,

  • Deposit

    P.97-116.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,

  • Deposit

    1979, P.87,88.

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, FINLEY A AND VALERIE G. ETHIER, 1974, SULFUR

  • Deposit

    ISOTOPES, IRON CONTENT OF SPHALERITES AND ORE TEXTURES IN

  • Deposit

    THE ANVIL ORE BODY, CANADA, ECON. GEOL., V. 69 PP. 482-

  • Deposit

    493.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL POLICY SECTOR, DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES,

  • Deposit

    PAZOUR, D.A., JULY 1979, CYPRUS ANVIL: LARGEST MINE IN THE

  • Deposit

    YUKON TERRITORY, WORLD MINING, PP. 40-45.

  • Deposit

    TEMPLEMAN-KLUIT, D.J., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE FARO,

  • Deposit

    VANGORDA, AND SWIM CONCORDANT ZINC-LEAD DEPOSITS,

  • Deposit

    CENTRAL YUKON TERRITORY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 208, DEPT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, CANADA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Gazdik 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.