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Owl Creek Mine

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic
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  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. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084900
MRDS ID W700128
Record type Site
Current site name Owl Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.7014, 65.80025 (WGS84)
Relative position IN HOYLE TOWNSHIP, 3 KM WEST OF KIDD CREEK BASE METAL SMELTER (12 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIMMONS)

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
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Pyritic, Sericitic, Calcitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.7014, 65.80025
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Porcupine (Timmons) District

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.09 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 3g/mt

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

    BOYLE, R.W., THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF GOLD AND ITS DEPOSITS (TOGETHER WITH A CHAPTER ON GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR THE ELEMENT): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA BULLETIN 280, 584 P.

Reporter information

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

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

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