Big Onion

Occurrence in British Columbia, Canada with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10302958
MAS/MILS ID 1220100135
Record type Site
Current site name Big Onion

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -126.89599, 54.8095 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(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
Molybdenum Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -126.89599, 54.8095

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Total resources 90000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Molybdenum MoS2 0.02 wt-pct Molybdenum Trace 1991
    Copper Cu 0.42 wt-pct Copper Major 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, AUG. 9, 1991, P. 96.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENERGY, MINES AND REOURCES CANADA, MR 223, 1989, P. BC-236.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-SEP-94 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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