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Donaldson Deposit

Prospect in Quebec, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, PGE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024527
MRDS ID ISM0251
Record type Site
Current site name Donaldson Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.29095, 61.67519 (WGS84)
Relative position SHAFT; 500 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
PGE Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.29095, 61.67519
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mafic Volcanic Rocks, Interflow Slate, Greywacke

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOLDING, METAMORPHISM; PYTT + PNLD + CLCP + SRPN + MGNT + CLRT; CONFORMABLE ZONES OF MASSIVE, MATRIX, AND DISSEMINATED NICKEL-COPPER SULPHIDES IN A FOLDED AND SERPENTINIZED ULTRA-MAFIC SILL OR SILLS.
  • UPLIFT; PLIO-PLEIS; GRNR + LMON + SRPN; OROGENY IN LATE EOCENE TO EARLY MIOCENE EMPLACED ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS THAT WERE LATER SUBJECTED TO TROPICAL WEATHERING-. CHEMICAL ALTERATION CONCENTRATED NICKEL IN SOILS OVER THESE- ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS. RECENT UPLIFT HAS CAUSED THESE DEPOSITS TO- BE DISSECTED BY EROSION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Mining district

District name New Quebec

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New Quebec Raglan Mines Ltd.
    Home office Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    First year 1984

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN UNKNOWNNO REPORTED PRODUCTION 1978-83 PC2: PRODUCTION FOR ALL NEW CALEDONIAN MINES SINCE MINING BEGAN.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RR1: ESTIMATED NICKEL IN ECONOMICALLY EXPLOITABLE RESOURCES FOR NEW CALEDONIA.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO);
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( X; WORLD NICKEL PRICE AND CAPACITY).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAN MPS, NATIONAL MINERAL INVENTORY RECORD; QUE 35H/11, NI02.

  • Deposit

    NEW QUEBEC RAGLAN MINES LIMITED, 1969, ANNUAL REPORT. (RR9)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE
Deposit First Production Year: 1875 (FOR NEW CALEDONIA)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1984 Zwartendyk, Jan Energy Mines and Resources of Canada

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