Blizzard

Prospect in British Columbia, Canada with commodity Uranium
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230720
MAS/MILS ID 1220100065
Record type Site
Current site name Blizzard

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.91787, 49.61655 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Penticton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.91787, 49.61655

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lacana Mining Corp.
    Interest 30
    Home office Canada
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Norcen Energy Resources Ltd.
    Interest 28
    Home office Canada
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. And B Exploration Ltd.
    Interest 21
    Home office Canada
  • Type Owner
    Owner Campbell Chibougamau Mines Ltd.
    Interest 11
    Home office Canada
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ontario Hydro
    Interest 10
    Home office Canada
    Year 1978
  • Type Operator
    Owner Norcen Energy Resources Ltdd
    Interest 40
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. And B Exploration Ltd.
    Interest 30
  • Type Operator
    Owner Campbell Chibougamau Mines Ltd.
    Interest 15
    Home office Canada
    Year 1978
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ontario Hydro
    Interest 15
    Home office Canada
    Year 1978

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Indicated 2200000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2200000mt ore
    Total resources 2200000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.214 wt-pct Uranium Major 0

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    WORLD MINING, DRILLING PROGRAM INDICATES POSSIBLE HIGH GRADE

  • Ownership

    ZONE AT BLIZZARD URANIUM PROPERTY; JULY, 1978, P. 78.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD MINING, BLIZZARD U308 PROPERTY; 1,800,000 TONS OF ORRE

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDICATED; SEPT., 1978, P.172.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLDD MINING, JAN., 1979, P.84

  • Workings

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, OCT., 1978, P.326, 330.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JULY, L978, P.147

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, D.A., THE BLIZZARD URANIUM DEPOSIT; CANADIAN MINING

  • Deposit

    JOURNAL, APRIL, 1979, P.44-47.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, POTENTIAL $1 BILLION BLIZZARD ORE DEPOSIT;

  • Deposit

    JUNE 8, 1978, P.1,2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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