Nicholas Lake

Prospect in Northwest Territories, 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 10181761
MAS/MILS ID 1220300026
Record type Site
Current site name Nicholas Lake
Alternate or previous names Eastern Volcanic Grid

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.76313, 63.24824 (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 Northwest Territories

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.76313, 63.24824

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Mining method Shrinkage Methods
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Nwt Canada

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Royal Oak Mines Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1995
    First year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner Athabaska Gold Resources Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1990
    Last year 1995

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 858000mt ore
    Total resources 858000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 15.8 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 550000mt ore
    Total resources 550000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 14.4 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Demonstrated 997903mt ore
    Total resources 997903mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 13.03 g/mt Gold Major 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 550000mt ore
    Total resources 550000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 14.4 g/mt Gold Major 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    AMM, 10/03/95, P5, "ROYAL OAK TO ACQUIRE ATHABASKA PROPERTY"

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE MINING RECORD, 10/23/91, P. 1, & 11/13/91, P. 7.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 11/5/90, P.12;CMH, 91-92, P.52.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINING NOTES, FEB, 95, P9, "NICHOLAS LAKE RESERVES"

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-96 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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