Montcalm

Prospect in Ontario, Canada with commodity Nickel
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 10255092
MAS/MILS ID 1220400084
Record type Site
Current site name Montcalm
Alternate or previous names Timmins Ni Cu Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -82.08311, 48.6667 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -82.08311, 48.6667

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Teck Corp
    Interest 25
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Metallgesellschaft Of Germany
    Interest 25
    Home office Germany Fr
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Domik Exploration
    Interest 25
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lynx-Canada Explorations Ltd.
    Interest 25
    Year 1979

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Indicated 4500000mt ore
    Demonstrated 4500000mt ore
    Total resources 4500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.41 wt-pct Nickel Major 1978
    Copper Cu 0.66 wt-pct Copper 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    AS OF JAN.1, 1978, EMR CANADA, MINERALS, MR 185, 1979,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.23.

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERALS, MR 181, 197

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.A26, A47.

  • Deposit

    FRASER, DOUGLAS C., GEOPHYSICS OF THE MONTCALM TOWNSHIP

  • Deposit

    COPPER-NICKEL DISCOVERY; CIM BULL., JAN., 1978, P.99-104.

  • Deposit

    BLECHA, M.H. THALENHORST AND A.KARMURA, TECK'S MONTCALM

  • Deposit

    COPPER NICKEL DEPOSIT: AEM SURVEY BRINGS MAJOR DISCOVERY;

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, APRIL, 1977, P.21, 24, 27, 28.

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.