Goldboro

Past Producer in Nova Scotia, Canada 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. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157146
MAS/MILS ID 1220350016
Record type Site
Current site name Goldboro
Alternate or previous names Boston Richardson, Dolliver, East & West Goldbrook, Dubuisson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -61.74913, 45.2496 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Nova Scotia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -61.74913, 45.2496

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Milling method Unspecified

Mining district

District name U. Seal Harbour

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Orex Exploration Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Inferred 16329330mt ore
    Total resources 16329330mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.171 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Measured 754778mt ore
    Demonstrated 754778mt ore
    Inferred 28093705mt ore
    Total resources 28848483mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.606 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Total resources 18143700mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.394 g/mt Gold Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Indicated 12000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 12000000mt ore
    Inferred 7500000mt ore
    Total resources 19500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.37 g/mt Gold Major 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1990-91, PAGE 346.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER, "ONITAP FIGHTS BACK, SEPT. 17, 1990,

  • Reserve-Resource

    PAGE 17.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NOTHERN MINER, "MINNOVA TO TEST GOLDBOR AFTER SIGNING

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEAL WITH OREX", FEBRUARY, 18, 1991, PAGE 3.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, PAGE 285.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1992-93, PAGE 267.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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