Rail Lake

Prospect in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133236
MAS/MILS ID 1220150014
Record type Site
Current site name Rail Lake
Alternate or previous names Rail Lake Zone

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -100.59228, 54.74834 (WGS84)
Elevation 315

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -100.59228, 54.74834

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hudson Bay Mining And Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1989

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1961
    Indicated 295000mt ore
    Demonstrated 295000mt ore
    Total resources 295000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3 wt-pct Copper Major 1961
    Zinc Zn 0.7 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1961

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 77-RCD-611-RESERVES MEASURED TO 907M WITH DEPOSIT OPEN AT DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, MAN-57.

  • Deposit

    ANNIS, R.C., D.A. CRANSTONE AND M.VALLEE, A SURVEY OF KNOWN

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;

  • Deposit

    ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA,MINERALS,MR 181,1978,

  • Deposit

    P.32.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,

  • Deposit

    1979, P.133.

  • Deposit

    CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS, CANADIAN RESERVES OF

  • Deposit

    COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLD

  • Deposit

    AS OF JAN.1,1978, EMR CANADA, MINERALS,MR 185,1979,

  • Deposit

    P.23.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUL-1991 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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