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Daniel's Harbor Mine

Past Producer in Newfoundland, Canada with commodities Cadmium, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10157207
MAS/MILS ID 1220250002
Record type Site
Current site name Daniel's Harbor Mine
Alternate or previous names Daniel's Harbor

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -57.57889, 50.22987 (WGS84)
Elevation 110

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Newfoundland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cadmium Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -57.57889, 50.22987
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M
    Length 1800M
    Width 150M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830714

Comments on the geologic information

  • OREBODY IS A MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TYPE OF THE TENNESSEE VARIETY. CONSISTS OF THIN, ELONGATE, ENECHELON OREBEDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1963
Year of first production 1976

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Newfoundland Zinc Mines Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Teck Corp.
    Interest 63
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Amax Inc.
    Interest 37
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Measured 2407000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2407000mt ore
    Total resources 2407000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 8.4 wt-pct Zinc Major 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Measured 4500000mt ore
    Demonstrated 4500000mt ore
    Total resources 4500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 10.5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1974

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NEWFOUNDLAND ZN -(OP). L-ZONE ON MR189. MINE CLOSED IN 1990 AFTER PRODUCING 512,000 MT OF ZINC OVER ITS LIFE (TECK CORP REPORT 6-94)
  • 81 PAH REPORT 797,000 MT RESERVES 1-88
  • 80% MINE RECOVERY 20% DILUTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2000M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 2036
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 12
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on other economic factors

  • TRANSPORTATION COSTS MILL TO SMELTER: $37.90/MT.
  • 1974-1975 ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM TWO SMALL OPEN PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    1979, P.270.

  • Reserve-Resource

    FISH, R., NEWFOUNDLAND ZINC READYING FOR PRODUCTION:

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, DECEMBER, 1974, PP. 20-24.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1500 TON/DAY ZINC ORE MINE FOR

  • Deposit

    NEWFOUNDLAND; JUNE, 1974, P.413.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, NEWFOUNDLAND ZINC MINE NOW ON-STREAM;

  • Deposit

    SEPT., 1975, P.155.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NEWFOUNDLAND ZINC'S NEW

  • Deposit

    MINE-MILL: ONE BRIGHT SPOT IN CANADIAN MINING SCENE;

  • Deposit

    OCT., 1975, P.25,29.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINNING JOURNAL, JANUARY 1982, PP.94-95.

  • Deposit

    AMAX ANNUAL REPORTS AND 10-K, 1979-1980.

  • Deposit

    BARRY, L.D., 1980, NEWFOUNDLAND OUTPUT STUDY: NORTHERN

  • Deposit

    MINER, NOV. 27, 1980, P. C33.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1980, PP.202-263.

  • Deposit

    BULLITIN OF CANDIAN PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, VOL. 23, NO. 3,

  • Deposit

    SEPT. 1975, PP. 393-427.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, DEC. 1974, PP.20-24.

  • Deposit

    KNIGHT, I., 1980, CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN CARBONATE STATIGRAPHY

  • Deposit

    OF WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND ABSTRACT: CIM, VOL. 73, NO.

  • Deposit

    815, P. 104.

  • Deposit

    MERCER, N.L. AND GIBBONS, R.V. MINING IN NEWFOUNDLAND- 1979

  • Deposit

    UPDATE: GOV'T OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, DEPT. OF

  • Deposit

    MINES AND ENERGY, MARCH 1980, P.6.

  • Deposit

    CIM BULLETIN, FEB. 1980, PP. 58-64.

  • Deposit

    SQUIRES, B., 1979, DANIELS HARBOR ZINC MINE-NARRATIVE FOR

  • Deposit

    SLIDE SET SERIES: GOV'T OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR,

  • Deposit

    DEPT. OF MINES AND ENERGY, P. 4.

  • Deposit

    TECK CORPORATION, ANNUAL REPORTS, 1975-1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-1994 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Amax Inc. — now part of Subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan (2007)
    Merged with Cyprus Minerals to form Cyprus Amax in 1993; Cyprus Amax → Phelps Dodge (1999) → Freeport-McMoRan (2007).

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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