Fecunis Mine

Past Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Copper, Nickel
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230396
MAS/MILS ID 1220400035
Record type Site
Current site name Fecunis Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.35789, 46.66109 (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
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.35789, 46.66109

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Inco
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Measured 2540000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2540000mt ore
    Total resources 2540000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.3999 wt-pct Nickel Major 0
    Copper Cu 0.55 wt-pct Copper Major 0

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1150M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Number of Shafts 2
    Capacity 800
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P.110.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-APR-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.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.