Echo Bay Mine

Past Producer in Northwest Territories, Canada with commodities Copper, Silver, Uranium
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157206
MAS/MILS ID 1220300001
Record type Site
Current site name Echo Bay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.99902, 66.09188 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Northwest Territories

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.99902, 66.09188

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Echo Bay Mines Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    PARASHYNIAK, P. AND R.C. PHILLIPS, ECHO BAY MINES LIMITED;

  • Production

    D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM

  • Production

    SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.62,63.

  • Geology

    ROBINSON, B.W. AND H. OHMOTO, MINERALOGY FLUID INCLUSIONS,

  • Geology

    AND STABLE ISOTOPES OF THE ECHO BAY U-NI-AG-CU DEPOSITS,

  • Geology

    NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL.68,

  • Geology

    1973, PP.635-656.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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