Doyon Mine

Producer in Quebec, Canada with commodity 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. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084886
MRDS ID W700113
Record type Site
Current site name Doyon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.58301, 48.26666 (WGS84)
Relative position IN BOUSQUET TOWNSHIP, 74 MILES NORTHWEST OF CADILLAC, TWO MILES WEST OF BOUSQUET MINE.

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
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calaverite Ore
Gold Ore
Petzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.58301, 48.26666

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lac Minerals And Cambior, Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.15 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4g/mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Name EAST AND CENTRAL ZONES
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 6400000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5.5 g/mt Gold Major 1987
  • Type In-situ
    Name WEST ZONE
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 900000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 11.7 g/mt Gold Major 1987
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 1315000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.388 g/mt Gold Major 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUHA AND OTHERS, 1982, GOLD MINERALIZATION PATTERNS AT THE DOYON MINE (SILVERSTACK), BOUSQUET, QUEBEC, IN HODDER, R.W., AND PETRUK, WILLIAM, GEOLOGY OF CANADIAN GOLD DEPOSITS: CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, 286 P.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 56, 67.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1987 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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