Osborne Lake

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183935
MAS/MILS ID 1220150009
Record type Site
Current site name Osborne Lake
Alternate or previous names Osborne Lake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -99.72885, 54.96335 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
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 Manitoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -99.72885, 54.96335

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Year of first production 1968

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hudson Bay Mining And Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1984

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Indicated 528000mt ore
    Demonstrated 528000mt ore
    Total resources 528000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.45 wt-pct Copper Major 1984
    Zinc Zn 1.28 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1984
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Measured 2086000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2086000mt ore
    Total resources 2086000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.2999 g/mt Gold Trace 1973
    Copper Cu 4.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1973
    Zinc Zn 1.6 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1973
    Silver Ag 10 g/mt Silver Trace 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 77-RCD-611-RESERVES PROVEN BY DD IN 1974 BELOW THE 2100FT LE IS ENTERED IN COLUMN NO. 2.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    WATSON, JOHN F., SNOW LAKE CONCENTRATOR WILL SERVE HUDSON

  • Production

    BAY MINES IN MANITOBA; WESTERN MINER, OCT., 1978,P.12-16.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, MAN-50.

  • Deposit

    REF-THE FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES,1975,PP105-107

  • Deposit

    REF-ECONOMIC GEOL., VOL.65, 1970

  • Deposit

    /REF-ONC E-17, OPERATIONAL NAVIGATION CHART, ED. 9; LOCATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUL-91 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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