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Puffy Lake

Past Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Ownership information
  10. Production statistics
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157058
MAS/MILS ID 1220150059
Record type Site
Current site name Puffy Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.9756, 55.02474 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.9756, 55.02474
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1987
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Flin Flon

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Pioneer Metals Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Description 2.60 G Au 292609 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 292609mt
  • Year 1989
    Description 3.42 G Au 72150 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 72150mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION STARTED 12/87 BUT WAS PUT ON CARE AND MAINT. 3/89 BECAUSE OF PRODUCTION SHORTFALLS AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. IN MARCH OF 1996 ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR REACTIVATION OF MINE IN THREE PHASES.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 2586000mt ore
    Total resources 2586000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 7.51 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 1484000mt ore
    Total resources 1484000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.5 g/mt Gold Major 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    E/MJ, 7/90, P.45.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996-97, P342.

  • Deposit

    E/MJ, 7/90. P.45.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1990-91, P360.

  • Deposit

    MR 223, 1989.

  • Deposit

    MAN-81, 12/31/87.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-JUN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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