Heath Steele B-1 Deposit

Past Producer in New Brunswick, Canada with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Nickel, Palladium, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039286
MRDS ID M046901
Record type Site
Current site name Heath Steele B-1 Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.08257, 47.28326 (WGS84)
Relative position 30 MILES SW OF BATHURST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Campbellton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada New Brunswick

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result AU CONCENTRATE AVG. = 1.0 PPM, PD AVG. 0.0014 PPM IN ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.08257, 47.28326

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern New Brunswick

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Heath Steele Mines, Ltd.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERCER AND CROCKET, 1972 , AU - PD HEATH STEELE: 24TH IGC, SEC. 10

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1976 - 1977 : NORTHERN MINER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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