Canada Tungsten Mine

Past Producer in Northwest Territories, Canada with commodity Tungsten

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10085059
MRDS ID	W700564
Record type	Site
Current site name	Canada Tungsten Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-118.99746, 66.35847 (WGS84)
Relative position	No latitude-longitude reported. Given lat-lon is for centroid of second order political subdivision boundary.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Canada	Northwest Territories

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Tungsten Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-118.99746, 66.35847	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Comments on development

ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 300,000 AND 500,000 TONNES/YEAR. OPERATION SUSPENDED IN 1988.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W700564

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 44

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-AUG-89	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.