New Britannia Nor-Acme

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities 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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157549
MAS/MILS ID 1220150043
Record type Site
Current site name New Britannia Nor-Acme
Alternate or previous names Brittania, Snow Lake, Nor-Acme, New Britannia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -100.02386, 54.88674 (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 Manitoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -100.02386, 54.88674

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1995
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Snow Lake

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner High River Gold Mines Ltd
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tvx Gold Inc
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996

Comments on the ownership information

  • INCO GOLD JOINED WITH TVX MINING CORP. TO FORM TVX GOLD INC.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Indicated 425000mt ore
    Demonstrated 425000mt ore
    Total resources 425000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 34 g/mt Silver Minor 1974
    Gold Au 5.5 g/mt Gold Major 1974
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Inferred 2290000mt ore
    Total resources 2290000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.8 g/mt Gold Major 1974
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Measured 227000mt ore
    Demonstrated 227000mt ore
    Total resources 227000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 9.6 g/mt Gold Major 1974
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Total resources 3817000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.5 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 1270000mt ore
    Total resources 1270000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.5 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 3921000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.4 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Inferred 763000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.7 g/mt Gold Major 1996

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEC 31, 1995; PROV + PROB ORE RESERVES;

Comments on other economic factors

  • DEWATERING OF MINE COMPLETED 5/88, SHAFT & U/G REHABILITATED, $6.5 MILLION U/G EXPL. PROGRAM COMPLETED END 1989 INCL. MET. TESTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, MAN-73.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1990-91, P. 224.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P. 198.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996-97, PP. 212, 423, 480.

  • Deposit

    ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, CANADIAN MINERAL

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN 1980, MINERAL POLICY SECTOR

  • Deposit

    INTERNAL REPORT, MRI 80/7, MAY, 1980, P.167.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, NOR-ACME SIGNS OPTION AGREEMENT WITH HUDSON

  • Deposit

    BAY ON GOLD PROPERTY, DEC. 11, 1980, P. A3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE OPERATED FROM 1948 TO 1958 AS THE NOR-ACME MINE: NEW OPERATION IS KNOWN AS THE NEW BRITANNIA MINE AS OF 1995

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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