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Red Lake Arthur W. White

Plant in Ontario, Canada with commodity Gold
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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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158235
MAS/MILS ID 1220400030
Record type Site
Current site name Red Lake Arthur W. White
Alternate or previous names Dickenson, Arthur White, Arthur W. White, Red Lake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -93.71696, 51.05001 (WGS84)
Elevation 200
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -93.71696, 51.05001
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 860725

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MAJOR MINERALIZATION CONTROLS ARE SHEARS ALONG AXIAC FOLD PLANES, IN TENSION FRACTURES, AT LAMPHROPHERE DIKE CONTACTS AND IN OTHER STRUCTURAL TRAPS. THE ORE OCCURS IN OVERLAPPING, ENECHELON LENSES THAT VARY IN WIDTH FROM A FEW CENTIMETERS TO SEVERAL METERS AND IN LENGTH TO OVER 30 METERS. ORE OCCURS AS QUARTZ-CARBONATE FISSURE VIENS WITH PYRITE AND MINOR SULFIDES OR IN SILICIFIED REPLACEMENT ZONES. MOST OF THE GOLD OCCURANCES ARE NATIVE AND FINE GRAINED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1945
Mining method Filled Stopes
Year of first production 1948
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Milling method Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name Red Lake District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Goldcorp Inc. (Ownes Dickenson Mines Ltd.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dickenson Mines Ltd (Sub Of Goldcorp Inc.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Description Ore Milled 156500 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 156500mt
  • Year 1970
    Description Ore Milled 152400 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 152400mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Ore Milled 114299 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 114299mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Ore Milled 117000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 117000mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Ore Milled 100000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 100000mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Ore Milled 107000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 107000mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Ore Milled 116000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 116000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description 5.42 G Au 172000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 172000mt 5g/mt
  • Year 1982
    Description 8.6 G Au 182000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 182000mt 9g/mt
  • Year 1983
    Description 10.49g Au 187000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 187000mt 10g/mt
  • Year 1984
    Description 11.7 G Au 187000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 187000mt 12g/mt
  • Year 1985
    Description 11.1g Au 195000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 195000mt 11g/mt
  • Year 1986
    Description 11.0 G Au 218000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 218000mt 11g/mt
  • Year 1987
    Description 9.9 G Au 220000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 220000mt 10g/mt
  • Year 1988
    Description 10.6 G Au 235000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 235000mt 11g/mt
  • Year 1989
    Description 10.6 G Au 251000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 251000mt 11g/mt
  • Year 1990
    Description 11.0 G Au 259000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 259000mt 11g/mt
  • Year 1991
    Description 9.9 G Au 287000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 287000mt 10g/mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Feed Grade 9.25 304000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 304000mt 9g/mt
  • Year 1994
    Description Feed Grade 8.57 288000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 288000mt 9g/mt
  • Year 1995
    Description Feed Grade 9.9 206000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 206000mt 10g/mt
  • Year 1996
    Description Ore Milled @ 10.63 G Au 85275 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 85275mt 11g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • THE TWO CONCENRTATES, PRODUCTS A AND B, ARE ACTUALLY PRODUCED AS ONE DORE BULLION PRODUCT. THE CONCENTRATES ARE SEPARATED AND REFINED IN OTTAWA.
  • DESCRIPTION SHOWS MILL FEED GRADES.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 2812000mt ore
    Inferred 699000mt ore
    Total resources 3511000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 10.8 g/mt Gold Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Measured 1363000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1363000mt ore
    Total resources 1363000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 11.3 g/mt Gold Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Indicated 1519000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1519000mt ore
    Total resources 1519000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 10.6 g/mt Gold Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Demonstrated 2881000mt ore
    Total resources 2881000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 10.99 g/mt Gold Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 2223510mt ore
    Total resources 2223510mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 11.59 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Inferred 1114930mt ore
    Total resources 1114930mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 24.88 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 2076546mt ore
    Total resources 2076546mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 11.31 g/mt Gold Major 1997
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Demonstrated 2881000mt ore
    Total resources 2881000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 10.99 g/mt Gold Major 1992

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEE "R" REFERENCE "009" FOR POSSIBLE (INFERRED) ORE TOTALS.
  • TOTAL "RESERVES", 12/31/96; PROV + PROB + POSS ORE SEE SOURCE FOR BREAKDOWN: ORE PRODUCTION AS OF 1992-96 AVG.
  • Q-MATRIX 1 COLUM 1 DATA USED IN 1982 GOLD STUDY. Q-MATRIX 1 COLUM 3 DATA USED IN 1993 CANADIAN GOLD STUDY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1660M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method SHRINKAGE W/CUT AND FILL
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 882.3
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 68.68
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 340
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE DORE BULLION IS TRANSPORTED TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN MINT FOR REINING AND VEA BRINKS SECURITY TRUCKS.
  • THE MINE WILL NOT REACH CAPACITY OF 300000 MTPY UNTIL 1985. UNTIL THEN THE MINE OUPUT WILL BE 150 IN 82, 180 IN 83 210 IN 84.
  • TWO MINING METHODS ARE USED AT THE MINE: NARROW CUT AND FILL AND SHRINKAGE. BLASTHOLE STOPING WILL BE INITATED IN 1983. THE DILUTION OF THE ORE IS 10%.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANNUAL REPORT, DICKENSON MINES LTD., 1980.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989-90, P. 148.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1990-91, P. 152, 153.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P. 134, 135.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 3/18/91, P. 1, 2.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 6/1/92, P.20.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1992-93, P.126.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996-97, PP. 185, 186.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOLDCORP INC., 1997 FORM 40-F, PP. 9, 10.

  • Deposit

    ACRES DAVY MCKEE,"GOLD MINING IN CANADA." APRIL 1981.

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT, DICKENSON MINES LTD., 1976-1980.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, PP.114- 116, 1981-82.

  • Deposit

    FINANCIAL POST CORPORATION SERVICE, REPORT ON DICKENSON

  • Deposit

    MINES, LTD, MACLEAN-HUNTER LTD., 1980.

  • Deposit

    HORWOOD, H.C.,"GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE RED

  • Deposit

    LAKE AREA; ONTARIO DEPARTMENT MINES ANNUAL REPORT,"V.49,

  • Deposit

    PART 2, 231P., 1940.

  • Deposit

    MALLOY, P.,"DICKENSON MINES LTD," MILLING PRACTICES

  • Deposit

    IN CANADA CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, PP. 58-59, 1978

  • Deposit

    MERRILL LYNCH STOCK ANALYSIS REPORT - DICKENSON MINES

  • Deposit

    METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, ACTIVE CANADIAN GOLD MINES, AUGUST,

  • Deposit

    1991, P.55-60.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, M.R., DRAMATIC MINE TURNAROUND FOR DICKENSON AT RED

  • Deposit

    LAKE, NORTHERN MINER, 9/29/86, P.1,16,23.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1/17/85, P.A1,A24.

  • Deposit

    SCALES, MARILYN, DICKENSON CASHES IN ON NEW MINING STRATEGY,

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1983, P.2425,27.

  • Deposit

    SCALES, MARILYN, DICKENSON EXPANSION REDUCES MILLING COSTS,

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1983, P.30,33,34.

  • Deposit

    SUTTILL, KEITH R., DICKENSON REVAMPS FLOTATION CIRCUIT,

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, OCT., 1988, P.34-37.

  • Deposit

    WERNIUK, JANE, GOLD-RICH RED LAKE CAMP CONTINUES TO PRODUCE,

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, SEPT., 1989, P.13-21.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, DICKENSON RAISING WHITE MINE OUTPUT,

  • Deposit

    2/26/90, P.23.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, DICKENSON ENDEAVORS TO IMPROVE GRADE,

  • Deposit

    3/26/90, P.14.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 7/16/90, P.11.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 5/27/91, P.6.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 2/21/92, P.143.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 7/1/91, P.20.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 6/1/92, P.20

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, DAVID, WHITE MINE'S VALUE CUT BY 66%, NORTHERN MINER,

  • Deposit

    3/18/91, P.1,2.

  • Deposit

    ROGERS, J.A., THE ARTHUR W. WHITE MINE, RED LAKE AREA,

  • Deposit

    ONTARIO: DETAILED STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION THE KEY TO

  • Deposit

    SUCCESSFUL GRADE CONTROL AND EXPLORATION, CIM BULL.,

  • Deposit

    FEB., 1992, P.37-44.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING JOURNAL, V328, #8417, 02/21/97, P10.

  • Deposit

    GOLDCORP INC., 1996 FORM 40-F.

  • Deposit

    GOLDCORP INC., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JUL-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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