Bailey

Occurrence in Yukon Territory*, Canada with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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 10024781
MRDS ID ISM0533
Record type Site
Current site name Bailey
Alternate or previous names Pat

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -128.8539, 60.76266 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Yukon Territory*

Comments on the location information

  • (RF1) (FROM LOCATION MAP)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -128.8539, 60.76266

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Aureole Of Mt. Billings Granite Batholith

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; SCLT + CLCP + PYTT + PRXN; GRNT + PRXN + SCLT + MGNT; TWO SEPARATE SCHEELITE-BEARING SKARN ZONES ARE PRESENT. MINOR COPPER ALSO P RESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1974

Mining district

District name Watson Lake

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Canada Tungsten Mining Corp. Ltd.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE
  • RR17: CU GRADES AVERAGE LESS THAN 0.1% CU, BUT, IN PLACES, REACH 0.25% CU.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ().

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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 Discovery Year: 1974 (SHOWINGS KNOWN BEFORE 1966)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Sinclair, W.David Geological Survey of Canada

Beyond USGS

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