Almo Lake

Prospect in Ontario, Canada with commodities Copper, Nickel, Platinum, Palladium, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097100
MRDS ID M046204
Record type Site
Current site name Almo Lake
Alternate or previous names Norpax Oils & Mines, Ltd.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.42362, 50.48557 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MI. W. GORDON LAKE, 53 MI. N. KENORA

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
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1.46% NI, 1.03% CU, 20 FT X 330 FT.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.42362, 50.48557

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 426.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: PERIDOTITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kenora Mining Division

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THOMSON, ET AL, 1957, CU, NI, PB, ZN DEPOSITS IN ONTARIO: ONTARIO DEPT. MINES CIRC. 2, P. 21

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, APR. 1956, P. 89

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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