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Elder

Past Producer in Quebec, Canada with commodity Gold
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  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. Production statistics
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158346
MAS/MILS ID 1220500133
Record type Site
Current site name Elder
Alternate or previous names Peel-Elder

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.128, 48.27969 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.128, 48.27969
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Stope
Year of first production 1989
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Denyvan Resources Inc.
    Interest 73.8
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nova Beaucage Ml
    Interest 26.3
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991

Comments on the ownership information

  • DENYVAN RESOURCES INC. COULD NOT BE FOUND IN THE 1991-92 CMH, PROPERTY OWNERSHIP WAS LISTED UNDER AUNORE RESOURCES INC. PAGE 54.

Production statistics

  • Year 1989
    Description 6.16g Au 13000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 13000mt 6g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • DESCRIPTION SHOWS MILL FEED GRADES.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 819188mt ore
    Total resources 819188mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5.074 g/mt Gold Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Inferred 496230mt ore
    Total resources 496230mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.937 g/mt Gold Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALSO KNOWN AS PEEL-ELDER. RECENT PRODUCTION FROM 4/89 - 6/89. ORE WAS TREATED ON A CUSTOM BASIS. PUT ON CARE AND MAINT. BECAUSE OF LOW GOLD PRICE AND NO MILL. METALS ECONOMICS GROUP. CURRENT LATE-STAGE CANADIAN GOLD PROJECTS. 6/92. # 1, 3, AND 4 VEINS.
  • MR 223, 1989, QUE-278; (6/30/89) CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1990-91, PAGES 61, 340. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, PAGES 54, 279.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, JUNE 1992, PAGES, 534 TO 537.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1990-91, PAGES, 61, 340.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1992-92, PAGES, 54, 279.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-1995 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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