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Harmony Project Cinola

Plant in Canada with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206041
MAS/MILS ID 1220130003
Record type Site
Current site name Harmony Project Cinola
Alternate or previous names Specogna, Cinola, Graham Island

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -132.21841, 53.53301 (WGS84)
Elevation 200
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Canada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Illite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -132.21841, 53.53301
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05W
    Dip 15E
    Thickness 2M
    Length 1000M
    Width 300M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N05W:15E
    Date of Last Modification 860722
  • Area 4452HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4452
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1970
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Queen Charlotte Island

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Misty Mountain Gold Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner City Resources (Canada) Ltd.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
    Last year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner City Resources Of Australia
    Interest 26.2
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
    Last year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner City Resources Of Asia
    Interest 25.7
    Year 1991
    Last year 1994

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Measured 21900000mt ore
    Indicated 37060000mt ore
    Demonstrated 58960000mt ore
    Total resources 58960000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.19 g/mt Gold Major 1980
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 23800000mt ore
    Total resources 23800000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.45 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 31300000mt ore
    Total resources 31300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.2 g/mt Gold Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 23800000mt ore
    Total resources 23800000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.45 g/mt Gold Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR EARLIER PROPERTY EVALUATION.
  • THE RESERVE FIGURES ARE BASED ON A RECOVERABLE PUBLISHED FIGURE OF 24,333,864 MT AT 90%.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4452HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 10
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 18173
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 3000
    Unit Production Cost 1.66
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE DESIGN CAPACITY FOR THE MILL IS NOT PROJECTED TO BE REACHED UNTIL 1985. PROJECTED PRODUCTION PREVIOUS TO THAT IS 13600 MT IN 82, 1198500 MT IN 83, AND 3175000 IN 84. WILL USE REDOX PROCESS
  • 1990: FINALIZING FEASIBILITY STUDY IN ANTICIPATION OF PROD. 150,000 OZ AU / YR IN 1ST 3 YRS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996-97, P285.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P. 102.

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT. CONSOLIDATED CINOLA MINES, LTD., 1980.

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT. CONSOLIDATED CINOLA MINES, LTD., SIX

  • Deposit

    MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1981.

  • Deposit

    CHAMPIGNY, N. A GEOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE CINOLA

  • Deposit

    (SPECOGNA) GOLD DEPOSIT, QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS, B.C. MS

  • Deposit

    THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1981.

  • Deposit

    CHAMPIGNY, N., SINCLAIR, A.J., AND SANDERS, K.G.

  • Deposit

    SPECOGNA GOLD DEPOSIT OF CONSOLIDATED CINOLA MINES, AN

  • Deposit

    EXAMPLE OF STRUCTURED PROPERTY EVALUATION. WESTERN MINER,

  • Deposit

    V. 53, NO. 6, 1980, PP. 35-44.

  • Deposit

    CONSOLIDATED CINOLA MINES, LTD. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK,

  • Deposit

    1981-1982.

  • Deposit

    --------. THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS PROSPECT.

  • Deposit

    FINANCIAL COMMUNICATOR, AUG. 18, 1981.

  • Deposit

    NEWS RELEASES, CONSOLIDATED CINOLA MINES, LTD. APRIL 24,

  • Deposit

    1981, JUNE 25, 1981, AND AUGUST 7, 1981.

  • Deposit

    -------. CONSOLIDATED CINOLA ACTIVE ON SPECOGNA PROPERTY

  • Deposit

    IN B.C. THE NORTHERN MINER, JANUARY 17, 1980.

  • Deposit

    -------. QUEEN CHARLOTTE GOLD TO BE ASSESSED. MINING

  • Deposit

    JOURNAL, APRIL 11, 1980.

  • Deposit

    -------. ENERGY RESERVE SETS $5 MILLION TO ASSESS CINOLA

  • Deposit

    GOLD PROSPECT. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, APRIL 1, 1980.

  • Deposit

    -------. PILOT PLANT WILL TREAT SPECOGNA GOLD ORE.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, SEPTEMBER 1980.

  • Deposit

    MACLEAN, SUSAN. CINOLA: A POTENTIAL 10,000 MTPD OPEN PIT

  • Deposit

    GOLD PRODUCER. THE NORTHERN MINER, OCTOBER 15, 1981, P. 31.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CLAIMS OF CINOLA WERE INITIALLY OPTIONED BY KENNCO, LTD., WHO CONDUCTED EXPLORATION THROUGH 1971. COMINCO THEN TOOK AN OPTION ON THE PROPERTY IN 1972 AND CONDUCTED FURTHER EXPLORATION. THEN, UNTIL 1976, QUINTANA MINERALS CORP. OBTAINED OPTIONS AND CONDUCTED EXPLORATION. CONSOLIDATED CINOLA MINES THEN OPTIONED CINOLA IN 1977. IN 1978, AFTER FAVORABLE EXPLORATION, THEY PURCHASED 44 CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-JUL-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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