Errington-Vermillion

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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 10278863
MAS/MILS ID 1220400074
Record type Site
Current site name Errington-Vermillion

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.24979, 46.53329 (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
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.24979, 46.53329

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Giant Yellowknife Mines Ltd
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Measured 4008000mt ore
    Demonstrated 4008000mt ore
    Total resources 4008000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.33 wt-pct Copper Major 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Measured 8198000mt ore
    Demonstrated 8198000mt ore
    Total resources 8198000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.14 wt-pct Copper Major 1979
    Lead Pb 0.99 wt-pct Lead Major 1979
    Zinc Zn 3.82 wt-pct Zinc Major 1979
    Silver Ag 54.2 g/mt Silver Major 1979
    Gold Au 0.79 g/mt Gold Major 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    1979, P.116, 117.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS, CANADIAN RESERVES OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLD

  • Reserve-Resource

    AS OF JAN. 1, 1978, EMR CANADA, MINERALS, MR 185,1979,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.22.

  • 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.23.

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.