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Casa Berardi

Plant 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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182056
MAS/MILS ID 1220500043
Record type Site
Current site name Casa Berardi
Alternate or previous names Golden Pond East Est, Golden Pond Main, Casa Berardi Project, Casa Berardi Mines, Casa Berardi Principal, Golden Pond West Ouest, Golden Pond, Principal, Domex Joint Venture

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -79.26644, 40.60002 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Indiana(county)

Pennsylvania(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McIntyre(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Indiana(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pittsburgh(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Conemaugh(hydrologic unit)

Allegheny(hydrologic accounting unit)

Allegheny(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -79.26644, 40.60002
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1981
Mining method Combined Methods
Year of first production 1989
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Carbon-In-Leach-Electrowin

Mining district

District name Golden Pond

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tvx Gold Inc.
    Interest 60
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997
  • Type Owner
    Owner Golden Knight Resources Inc.
    Interest 40
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997
  • Type Operator
    Owner Les Mines Casa Berardi
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1992

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER ALSO GOLDEN KNIGHT RESOURCES INC. (40%)

Production statistics

  • Year 1988
    Description 5.68 G Au 55331 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 55331mt 6g/mt
  • Year 1988
    Description Mt Ore Milled 55216 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 55216mt
  • Year 1989
    Description 5.88 G Au 247450 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 247450mt 6g/mt
  • Year 1989
    Description Mt Ore Milled 246932 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 246932mt
  • Year 1990
    Description 8.89 G Au 403636 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 403636mt 9g/mt
  • Year 1990
    Description Mt Ore Milled 402790 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 402790mt

Comments on the production information

  • RECORDS 088-090 ARE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE MILL FEED GRADES.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Inferred 10478000mt ore
    Total resources 10478000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 7.68 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Inferred 11068564mt ore
    Total resources 11068564mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 7.65 g/mt Gold Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Demonstrated 8527539mt ore
    Total resources 8527539mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.57 g/mt Gold Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Inferred 2400000mt ore
    Total resources 2400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5.1 g/mt Gold Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Demonstrated 8527539mt ore
    Total resources 8527539mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.57 g/mt Gold Major 1992

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROVEN + PROBABLE RESOURCES, ALL ZONES, 12/31/91. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1992-93, PAGE 356.
  • SEE FILE BACK-UP FOR MORE RESOURCE DETAIL.
  • MATRIX 1 COLUM 1: DATA FOR PROPERTY EVALUATION, 1993 CANADIAN GOLD STUDY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METALS ECONOMIC GROUP, (MEG), APRIL 1990, WORLD WIDE GOLD

  • Deposit

    CAPITAL COSTS, PAGES B78-B80.

  • Deposit

    METALS ECONOMIC GROUP, (MEG), AUGUST 1991, ACTIVE CANADIAN

  • Deposit

    GOLD MINES, PAGES 93-99.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RESOURCES; CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1990-91, PAGE 198.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RESOURCES; CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, PAGE 178.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RESOURCES; NORTHERN MINER, 8/10/92, PAGES 1, 2.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RESOURCES; CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1992-93, PAGE 356.

  • Deposit

    SEE PROPERTY FILE MORE SOURCES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION AT GOLDEN POND EAST STARTED 9/88: GOLDEN POND WEST STARTED IN 1991.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JUL-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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