St. Stephen

Occurrence in New Brunswick, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, PGE
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039297
MRDS ID M046919
Record type Site
Current site name St. Stephen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.30181, 45.22272 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Calais(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Calais(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fredericton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada New Brunswick

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1960

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Dennis Formation
    Rock description Dennis Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.30181, 45.22272

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Minerals In Gabbro Near Contact With Quartzites And Argillites Of Dennis Formation.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY COMPLEX ; GEOL.DESC: THE THREE ZONES MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH ZONES OF ABUNDANT ZENOLITHS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Atlantic Nickel M. L.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL TONNAGE. SECOND ENTRY IS FOR ROGER'S FARM ZONE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 288 FT. SHAFT ON ROGER'S ZONE, 2 LEVELS IN 1959 - 60

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT COMPLEXITY MAY CREATE METALLURGICAL PROBLEMS. CONSIDERED TO BE ECONOMICALLY MINEABLE, ALTHOUGH PLANS FOR THIS HAVE NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANNIS, CRANSTONE, AND VALLEE, 1978 , KNOWN MIN. CA.; DEPT. ENERGY, MINES RESOURCES CA., BULL. MR 181

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1973 - 74 : NO. MINER, P. 36

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANNIS ETAL., 1978 , KNOWN MIN. CA. NOT MINED; CA. MINES HNDBK., 1973 - 74 : NO. MINER, PG. 36

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED
Deposit SUBDIVIDED INTO ROGER'S FARM ZONE, HALL-CARROLL ZONE, "C" ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Saso, Jerri L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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