Pio Lake

Prospect in Quebec, Canada with commodities Copper, Nickel, PGE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097137
MRDS ID M046936
Record type Site
Current site name Pio Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.61305, 58.95843 (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
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1977

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.61305, 58.95843

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.13M
    Length 38.1M
    Width 30.48M
  • Thickness 2.13M
    Length 53.34M
    Width 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lone Star Mining And Exploration Co. Ltd.

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST ENTRY IS FOR WEST VEIN OF DEPOSIT. SECOND ENTRY IS FOR EAST VEIN OF DEPOSIT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: WEST VEIN; 6.62 % CU, 3.16 % NI. EAST VEIN: 6.90 % CU, 0.27 % NI.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANNIS, CRANSTONE AND VALLEE, KNOWN MIN. CA., 1978 : DEPT. ENERGY, MINES RESOURCES CA., BULL. MR 181

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MAJOR VEINS: WEST AND EAST. ORDER OF ABOVE DIMENSIONS: WEST, EAST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Saso, Jerri L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Oster, Karel L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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