Timmins Tailings

Past Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodity Gold
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. Mining district
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303612
MAS/MILS ID 1220400142
Record type Site
Current site name Timmins Tailings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.30558, 48.4683 (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
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.30558, 48.4683

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1989
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Timmins

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Demonstrated 59000000mt ore
    Total resources 59000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.54 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Demonstrated 32000000mt ore
    Total resources 32000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.54 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Demonstrated 59000000mt ore
    Total resources 59000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.54 g/mt Gold Major 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CMH, 89-90, P.164,165; MR 223, 89, ONT-241,264.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 8/19/91, P.20.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, ONT-241 ONT-264, CMH,89-90, P.164-65.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-1995 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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