Benoit

Prospect in Quebec, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, 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 10279330
MAS/MILS ID 1220500035
Record type Site
Current site name Benoit
Alternate or previous names Benoit Township, Lac Pusticamica

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -76.28288, 49.39999 (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 Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -76.28288, 49.39999

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Minnova Resources Inc.
    Interest 51
    Home office Canada
    Year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Freewest Resources Ltd.
    Interest 49
    Home office Canada
    Year 1993

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.61 g/mt Gold Major 1992
    Silver Ag 7.2 g/mt Silver Minor 1992
    Copper Cu 0.148 wt-pct Copper Minor 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Total resources 481000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5.49 g/mt Gold Major 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 1/18/93, P.1.

  • Reserve-Resource

    FREEWEST RESOURCES INC., 1992 ANNUAL REPORT, P.9.

  • Deposit

    METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, CURRENT LATE-STAGE CANADIAN GOLD

  • Deposit

    PROJECTS, JUNE 1992, P.82-84.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 2/17/92, P.1,2.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 3/16/92, P.1,2.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 6/15/92, P.1,2.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 2/1/93, P.15.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1992-93, P.241.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-APR-1993 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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