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Contact Lake

Prospect in Saskatchewan, 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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206461
MAS/MILS ID 1220550042
Record type Site
Current site name Contact Lake
Alternate or previous names Preview Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.84017, 55.40393 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Saskatchewan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.84017, 55.40393
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Shrinkage Methods
Milling method Leach-Precipitation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cameco Corp.
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Uranerz Exploration And Mining Ltd.
    Interest 30
    Home office Canada
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Westward Explorations Ltd.
    Interest 20
    Year 1991
  • Type Operator
    Owner Preview Lake Joint Venture
    Year 1991

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 1200000mt ore
    Total resources 1200000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 9.9 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 360000mt ore
    Total resources 360000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 12 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Demonstrated 1560000mt ore
    Total resources 1560000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 10.4 g/mt Gold Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 1300000mt ore
    Total resources 1300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.3 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 1322000mt ore
    Total resources 1322000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.38 g/mt Gold Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 1180000mt ore
    Total resources 1180000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.23 g/mt Gold Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 494000mt ore
    Total resources 494000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 12.35 g/mt Gold Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 1182000mt ore
    Total resources 1182000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 8.21 g/mt Gold Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 1674000mt ore
    Total resources 1674000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 9.45 g/mt Gold Major 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P. 84.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND MING JOURNAL, 11/90, P. 37, 38.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989-90, P. 87, 473, 474.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1990-91, P. 94.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR213, 1986, P. 231, (SASK-31, PAP ZONES).

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR213, 1986, P. 231, (SASK-32, PREVIEW LAKE).

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR223, 1989, (SASK-34; PAP LAKE ZONE).

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR223, 1989, (SASK-35; PREVIEW LAKE).

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING ENGINEERING, 3/91, P. 291.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 7/23/90, P. 3.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 7/8/91, P. 3.

Reporter information

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

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