Lecanvey

Prospect in Mayo, Ireland with commodity Gold
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 10133979
MAS/MILS ID 4190310001
Record type Site
Current site name Lecanvey

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -9.53093, 53.79914 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mayo(province)

Ireland(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ireland Mayo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -9.53093, 53.79914

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Milling method Unspecified

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Burmin
    Year 1991
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Outokumpu Oy
    Home office Finland
    Year 1991

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Indicated 500000mt ore
    Demonstrated 500000mt ore
    Total resources 500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.5 g/mt Gold Major 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, P. 31 (JUNE 1993).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1994 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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