Swayze

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. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181406
MAS/MILS ID 1220400026
Record type Site
Current site name Swayze
Alternate or previous names Orofino, Swayze River

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.40812, 47.9431 (WGS84)

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) -82.40812, 47.9431

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Milling method Unspecified

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Indicated 687000mt ore
    Demonstrated 687000mt ore
    Total resources 687000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5.1 g/mt Gold Major 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Demonstrated 124000mt ore
    Total resources 124000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.96 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Inferred 1180000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.8 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 1304000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.1 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Demonstrated 124000mt ore
    Total resources 124000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.96 g/mt Gold Major 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.204

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANNIS, R.C., D.A. CRANSTONE AND M. VALLEE, A SURVEY OF KNOWN

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERALS, MR 181,1978

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.A-25.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD MINING, JAN. 1980, P.81.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-DEC-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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