Golden Giant

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084889
MRDS ID W700116
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Giant
Alternate or previous names Hemlo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.90828, 48.69306 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hessite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Petzite Ore
Barite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Realgar Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.90828, 48.69306

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1981
Discoverer International Corona Resources

Mining district

District name Hemlo District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hemlo Gold Mines Inc.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 22000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.9 g/mt Gold Major 1987
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 10430000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.188 g/mt Gold Major 1985
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 169000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 10.65 g/mt Gold Major 1990

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 1145M

Comments on the workings information

  • LOWEST PRODUCTION LEVEL IS 925 M

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED SINCE 1920'S ; MILL.CAP: 3000 T/D

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1985, GOLD DEPOSITS GUIDEBOOK: MINOBRAS MINING SERVICES, 146 P.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P.56.

  • Deposit

    CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, 1983, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN 1983: CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES MINERAL BULLETIN MR 198, 308 P.

  • Deposit

    CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA.

  • Production

    CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1987

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1987 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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