Centennial Mine

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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230232
MAS/MILS ID 1220150012
Record type Site
Current site name Centennial Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -101.67062, 54.69003 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Location accuracy 500(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 Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -101.67062, 54.69003

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hudson Bay Mining And Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Indicated 1353000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1353000mt ore
    Total resources 1353000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.4799 wt-pct Copper Trace 1985
    Zinc Zn 2 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1985
    Silver Ag 20.9 g/mt Silver Trace 1985
    Gold Au 1.3 g/mt Gold Trace 1985
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Measured 1270000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1270000mt ore
    Total resources 1270000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.06 wt-pct Copper Trace 1973
    Zinc Zn 2.6 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1973
    Silver Ag 24 g/mt Silver Trace 1973
    Gold Au 1.3699 g/mt Gold Trace 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1986-87, NORTHERN MINER PRESS,P.188.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINE RESERVES AND CURRENTLY PROMISING DEPOSITS, JAN. 1985,

  • Reserve-Resource

    EMR CANADA, MR 209, P. 20.

  • Workings

    CROCKER, C.S., VERTICAL CRATER RETREAT MINING AT THE

  • Workings

    CENTENNIAL MINE OF HUDSON BAY MINING & SMELTING CO.,

  • Workings

    LIMITED; CIM BULL., JAN., 1979, P.90-

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MANITOBA MINE OPENED AND PLANT PLANNED,

  • Deposit

    AUG., 1977, P.103.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,

  • Deposit

    P.133.

  • Deposit

    CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R. T. WHILLANS, CANADIAN RESERVES OF

  • Deposit

    COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLD

  • Deposit

    AS OF JAN.1,1978, EMR CANADA, MINERALS, MR185,1979,

  • Deposit

    P.14.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 77-RCD-010&620-DEVELOPMENT STARTED MID-1973 WITH 713 METER D SHAFT SINKING BEGAN JAN.1975.WITH PROD. SCHEDULED TO STAR EXPECTED PROD. RATE OF 620MTPD WITH RESERVES TO 372 METER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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