Lamaque Mine

Past Producer in Quebec, Canada with commodities Gold, Copper, Tungsten
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084895
MRDS ID W700122
Record type Site
Current site name Lamaque Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.78298, 48.08332 (WGS84)

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
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Carbonitization, Pyritization, Tourmalinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.78298, 48.08332

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Val D'Or Camp

Production statistics

  • Year 1983
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.14 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4g/mt
  • Year 1985
    Period 1935-1985
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.18 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 5g/mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 391000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5.5 g/mt Gold Major 1987

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEEKING (IN 1987) TO PROVE UP 1.8 MILLION TONNES OF ORE TO RECOMMENCE MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATIONS WERE SUSPENDED IN 1986.

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.