Cupra-D'Estrie

Past Producer in Quebec, Canada with commodities Cadmium, Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230544
MAS/MILS ID 1220500007
Record type Site
Current site name Cupra-D'Estrie

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -71.31274, 45.77326 (WGS84)
Elevation 434

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sherbrooke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -71.31274, 45.77326

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Year of first production 1965

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cambior Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1989

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Indicated 623000mt ore
    Demonstrated 623000mt ore
    Total resources 623000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.75 wt-pct Copper Major 1977
    Zinc Zn 1.48 wt-pct Zinc Major 1977
    Lead Pb 0.47 wt-pct Lead Minor 1977
    Gold Au 0.51 g/mt Gold Major 1977
    Silver Ag 37.7 g/mt Silver Major 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    GOSSELIN, RODRIGUE AND YVON ROUX, GROUPE MINIER SULLIVAN

  • Production

    LTEE, DIVISION CUPRA-D'ESTRIE; D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN

  • Production

    MILLING PRACTICE IN ANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978,

  • Production

    P.162-164.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANNIS, R.C., D. A. CRANSTONE AND M. VALLEE, A SURVEY OF KNOW

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERALS, MR 181,1978

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.A-6.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 223, 1989, P. QUE-22.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P.266.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 75-RCD-612,NO ASSAY DATA SHOWN TO MATCH PROBABLE RESERVES 77-RCD-620-ORE SHIPPED TO CUPRA MILL FOR PROCESSING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUL-1991 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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