Jeep Mine

Past Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104298
MRDS ID TC00014
Record type Site
Current site name Jeep Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.49366, 51.04362 (WGS84)
Relative position 13.5 KM NORTHEAST OF BISSETT, 6.4 KM WEST OF WALLACE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Comments on the location information

  • RICE LAKE AREA
  • LOCATION GIVEN AS WITHIN 26-30S TO 27S AND 67W TO 67-20W. ON N FLANK OF CERRO EL MORADITO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.49366, 51.04362

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS, STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Year of first production 1948
Year of last production 1950

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner San Antonio (During Production Years)

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period 1948-1950
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^26.6 G/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 27g/mt
  • Year 1950
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^20.06 G/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 20g/mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE

Comments on the workings information

  • THE GUTIERREZ VEIN - ABOUT 600 M OF DEVELOPMENT IN 3 LEVELS AT 40 M INTERVALS. AT LEVEL 1 A 45 M LONG GALLERY, AT 2 AN 85 M GALLERY, LEVEL 3, 185 M IN LENGTH. TAJO VEIN - 50 M GALLERY WITH 180 M OF WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY AND DRILLING BY TRANSTIDE INDUSTRIES IN 1973; 1981-1982 PROSPECTING AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS BY AUGUSTA GOLD MINES LTD.
  • ECON.COM: SOME VEINS HAVE GOOD CHANCES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, D.J., AND OSTRY, G., 1987, GOLD DEPOSITS OF MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT ER86-1, 91 P.

  • Production

    FOGWILL AND BAMBURAK, 1987, P. 25; RICHARDSON, AND OSTRY, 1987, P. 26.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1700'S
Deposit MESOTHERMAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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