Agnew Lake

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Thorium, Uranium
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 10303211
MAS/MILS ID 1220400085
Record type Site
Current site name Agnew Lake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.6309, 46.42919 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Tertiary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.6309, 46.42919

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Agnew Lake Mines Ltd
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kerr Addison Mines Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Indicated 10113000mt ore
    Demonstrated 10113000mt ore
    Total resources 10113000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.038 wt-pct Uranium Major 1978
    Thorium ThO2 0.094 wt-pct Thorium Trace 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    LENDRUM, F.C., AGNEW LAKE MINES LTD.; D.E. PICKETT, ED.,

  • Production

    IN MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16,

  • Production

    1978, P.297.

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.20.

  • Workings

    THOMAS, RICHARD A., AGNEW LAKE MINES: TAKING STEPS IN

  • Workings

    SOLUTION MINING; ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOV.,

  • Workings

    1978, P.158-161.

  • Workings

    LANG, L.C., W.B. MORREY, SCIENTIFIC BLASTING FOR IN-SITU

  • Workings

    LEACHING PROVES SUCCESSFUL AT AGNEW LAKE MINES;

  • Workings

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JAN., 1976, P.100-102.

  • 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, MR 181, 197

  • Deposit

    P.22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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