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Caribou

Prospect in New Brunswick, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206590
MAS/MILS ID 1220200005
Record type Site
Current site name Caribou

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -66.29644, 47.56133 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Campbellton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada New Brunswick

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -66.29644, 47.56133
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 75N
    Thickness 670M
    Length 1200M
    Width 11M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATABOUND
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N45W:75N
    Date of Last Modification 830718

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1955
Mining method Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Tailings
Year of first production 1970

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Anaconda Canada, Ltd.
    Interest 68
    Home office Canada
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chaleur Bay Syndicate (Controlled By Anaconda Canada).
    Interest 10
    Home office Canada
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cominco Ltd.
    Interest 22
    Home office Canada
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Breakwater Resources
    Interest 90
    Home office Canada
    Year 1990
    First year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner East West Minerals
    Interest 10
    Home office Canada
    Year 1990
    First year 1990

Comments on the ownership information

  • OPERATOR: CARIBOU CHALEUR BAY MINES, LTD. 86 BROOK-HUNT & 81 PAH DATA

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Description 30000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1971
    Description 150000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1973
    Description 60000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1974
    Description 120000 Mt Ore/Yr

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION SHUT DOWN IN AUG. 1989. BREAKWATER RESTARTED THE OPERATION IN APRIL 1990.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Indicated 60000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 60000000mt ore
    Inferred 12300000mt ore
    Total resources 72300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 51.43 g/mt Silver Minor 1990
    Lead Pb 1.6 wt-pct Lead Major 1990
    Zinc Zn 4.3 wt-pct Zinc Major 1990
    Gold Au 1.715 g/mt Gold Minor 1990
    Copper Cu 0.5 wt-pct Copper Minor 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Indicated 40000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 40000000mt ore
    Total resources 40000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 1.7 wt-pct Lead Major 1982
    Zinc Zn 4.48 wt-pct Zinc Major 1982
    Copper Cu 0.47 wt-pct Copper Minor 1982

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 700M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method INCLINED CUT AND FILL 10-65
    Number of Shafts 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 1140
    Slope of Inclines 8
    Capacity 11200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 11.15
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    HELMSTAEDT, HERWART, DEFORMATIONAL HISTORY OF THE CARIBOU

  • Geology

    STRATA-BOUND DEPOSITS, BATHURST, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA;

  • Geology

    DISCUSSIONS & REPLY, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 68, 1973,

  • Geology

    PP. 571-577.

  • Ownership

    THE NORTHERN MINER-JULY 2, 1990, P1-2.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, APRIL 1982. P.9,10.

  • Deposit

    ABBOTT, D. "CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF NEW BRUNSWICK ROCKS,

  • Deposit

    MINERALS AND ORES". RECORD 9, RESEARCH AND PRODUCTIVITY

  • Deposit

    COUNCIL, JANUARY, 1970.

  • Deposit

    ANACONDA ANNUAL REPORTS, 1970, 1973, 1974.

  • Deposit

    CARIBOU MINE, SUMMARY SHEET FROM NEW BRUNSWICK, DEPARTMENT

  • Deposit

    OF NATURAL RESOURCES. JANUARY 1981.

  • Deposit

    COMINCO ANNUAL REPORTS, 1970, 1971.

  • Deposit

    DAVIES, J.L. AND MCALLISTER, A.L. FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK,

  • Deposit

    TRIP 16: GEOLOGY AND MASSIVE SULPHIDES OF THE BATHURST

  • Deposit

    AREA, NEW BRUNSWICK, MAY 21-24, 1980.

  • Deposit

    DAVIS, GEORGE H. "DEFORMATIONAL HISTORY OF THE CARIBOU

  • Deposit

    STRATA-BOUND SULFIDE DEPOSIT,BATHURST, NEW BRUNSWICK,

  • Deposit

    CANADA". ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOLUME 67, 1972, P.634-635.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING/MINING JOURNAL. "BATHURST INLET FIND ANNOUNCED"

  • Deposit

    SEPTEMBER 1973, P.79.

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, DAVID J., "A MINERALIZED ORDOVICIAN RESURGENT

  • Deposit

    CALDERA COMPLEX IN THE BATHURST-NEWCASTLE MINING DISTRICT,

  • Deposit

    NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA" ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOLUME 74, 1979,

  • Deposit

    P.786-796.

  • Deposit

    HELMSTAEDT, HERWART. DISCUSSION OF PAPER BY DAVIS, G.H.

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOLUME 68, 1973. P.571-577.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER. NEWS NOTE. NOVEMBER 27, 1980. P.C30.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER. NEWS NOTE. JANUARY 15, 1981. P.B9.

  • Deposit

    PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT,INC.-PERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITH

  • Deposit

    ANACONDA PERSONNEL IN BATHURST, NEW BRUNSWICK AND DENVER,

  • Deposit

    COLORADO, JULY 1981.

  • Deposit

    QUEBEC DEPARTMENT OF MINES. "TONNAGES ET TENEURS DES GISE-

  • Deposit

    MENTS ADDITIONNELS DONT LES PERSPECTIVES DE MISES EN

  • Deposit

    VALEUR FUTURES S'AVERENT DES PLUS PROMETTEUSES". TABLEAU 3

  • Deposit

    ROSCOE, W.E. "GEOLOGY OF THE CARIBOU DEPOSIT, BATHURST, NEW

  • Deposit

    BRUNSWICK". CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, 8. 1971.

  • Deposit

    P.1125-1139.

  • Deposit

    RTZ MINING COST ANALYSIS SYSTEM, PROFORMA ANALYSIS, JUNE 10,

  • Deposit

    1975, P.50.

  • Deposit

    SUTHERLAND, J.K., AND HALLS, C. "COMPOSITION OF SOME NEW

  • Deposit

    BRUNSWICK SPHALERITES". RESEARCH NOTE 21, RESEARCH AND

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, OCTOBER 1969.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 900 MT/DAY CONCENTRATOR OPERATED BRIEFLY IN 1970-71 AND IN 1973-74. AN ESTIMATED 360,000 TONNES OF OXIDE ORE WERE MINED BY OPEN PIT, NOVEMBER 1970 TO NOVEMBER 1971, AND SEPTEMBER 1973 TO SEPTEMBER 1974. IF MINING IS RESUMED,IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO MINE THE SAME PIT ANOTHER 30-50 METERS IN DEPTH (THE PIT IS NOW 17M DEEP , 60M WIDE AND 200M LONG). HOWEVER, ANACONDA IS NOT CONSIDERING FURTHER SURFACE MINING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-96 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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