Aquarius

Prospect in Ontario, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181365
MAS/MILS ID 1220400045
Record type Site
Current site name Aquarius

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.88226, 48.5225 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 100(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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -80.88226, 48.5225

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1979

Mining district

District name Timmons

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Echo Bay Mines Ltd.
    Interest 51
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995
    First year 1995
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1991
    Last year 1995

Comments on the ownership information

  • ECHO BAY MINES LTD. CAN ACQUIRE 51% INTEREST BY SPENDING $C8.8M BY 09/30/98.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Indicated 162000mt ore
    Demonstrated 162000mt ore
    Total resources 162000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.2 g/mt Gold Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Indicated 162000mt ore
    Demonstrated 162000mt ore
    Total resources 162000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.2 g/mt Gold Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEVELOPMENT STARTED BUT PUT ON STANDBY 1990. ASARCO INCORPORATED, 1991 AR, P.37.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, 03/01/95, P 30, "ECHO BAY MINES LTD."

  • Reserve-Resource

    ASARCO INCORPORATED, 1991 AR, P.37.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1990-91, P.57.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P.50.

  • Deposit

    MR213, 1986, P.160 (ONT-243)

  • Deposit

    MR223, 1989, (ONT-288)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-1996 Porter, Kenneth E. 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:

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.