Howard Pass Pb - Zn Prospect

Prospect in Yukon Territory*, Canada with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073146
MRDS ID W018990
Record type Site
Current site name Howard Pass Pb - Zn Prospect
Alternate or previous names Summit Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -129.00203, 61.99992 (WGS84)
Relative position ON YUKON - NWT BORDER IN HOWARD PASS AREA, 264 KM N. OF WATSON LAKE

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

  • LAT. LONG. ARE APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 208
USGS model code 31a
Deposit model name Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 13

Nearby scientific data

(1) -129.00203, 61.99992

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Canex Placer Ltd
  • Type Owner
    Owner Placer Devl. Ltd.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 275000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 94 g/mt Silver Minor 1976
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 275000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 94 g/mt Silver Minor 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1976, MINING JOURNAL 10-22-76 P. 322

  • Reserve-Resource

    DROLET, J-P., 1976, DEMANDS AND LIMITATIONS GOVERNING THE MINERAL PROD. OF W. CAN. TO 1990 P. 47 ANNIS, R.C. ET AL, 1977, ADDENDUM TO A SURVEY OF KNOWN MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED, P. 43.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-76 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey ADDED MODEL NAME AND MODEL NUMBER
Editor 06-JAN-94 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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