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Voisey's Bay

Prospect in Canada with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255172
MAS/MILS ID 1220290006
Record type Site
Current site name Voisey's Bay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -61.74888, 56.49999 (WGS84)
Elevation 200
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Canada

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES ARE FOR THE TOWN OF NAIN, LAB, NF, CAN. DEPOSIT IS ONLY A FEW KM AWAY. APPROX 10KM FROM A DEEP WATER PORT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -61.74888, 56.49999
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Date of Last Modification 960117

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1994
Mining method Open Stope

Mining district

District name Easatern Deeps

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Other

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Inco Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
    First year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Diamond Fields Resource Inc.
    Interest 70
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995
    First year 1995
    Last year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Inco Ltd.
    Interest 30
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995
    First year 1995
    Last year 1996

Comments on the ownership information

  • NATIVE/ABORIGINAL LAND CLAIMS MAY COMPLICATE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT (6/95). PARTNERSHIP ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING WORKED OUT BETWEEN THE INUIT POPULATION,(REPRESENTED BY LIA), DIAMOND FIELDS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES. (07/95). DIAMOND FIELDS IS ALSO HOLDING SEPARATE TALK WITH THE LABRADOR INNU GROUP OVER THE SAME LAND CLAIMS. DIAMOND FIELDS ACCEPTED A $3.34 BIL. IN CASH & STOCK FROM INCO COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE DEPOSIT. INCO OWNES 7% OF DIAMOND FIELDS, B.C.TECK CORP OWENS 10.64% & ROBERT FRIEDLAND OWNES 13.07%.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Indicated 27000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 27000000mt ore
    Total resources 27000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 3.6 wt-pct Nickel Major 1995
    Cobalt Co 0.15 wt-pct Cobalt Major 1995
    Copper Cu 2.17 wt-pct Copper Major 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Total resources 45000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 3.36 wt-pct Nickel Major 1995
    Cobalt Co 0.17 wt-pct Cobalt Major 1995
    Copper Cu 1.41 wt-pct Copper Major 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Demonstrated 32000000mt ore
    Total resources 32000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.38 wt-pct Copper Major 1995

Comments on other economic factors

  • POST MILL PROCESSING METHODS HAVE NOT BEEN SET. NICKEL CONS WILL POSSIBLY BE SENT TO INCO FOR SMENTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    THE FINANCIAL POST, DEC. 30, 1995 ARTICAL IN WMC NICKEL NEWS

  • Production

    JAN. 6, 1996, PAGE 8. "VOISEY'S PROFETABILITY DEPENDS ON

  • Production

    ON PROCESSING....".

  • Ownership

    WMC NICKEL NEWS, JULY 29, 1995, PAGE 19, "DIAMOND FIELDS

  • Ownership

    AND INUIT GROUP TO BEGIN PARTNERSHIP TALKS". ARTICAL

  • Ownership

    FROM THE FINANCIAL POST, JULY 28, 1995.

  • Ownership

    THE DENVER POST, "NICKEL PURCHASE", 04/04/96.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADA,S BUSINESS VOICE, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1995, P. 1,2.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER DEC. 18, 1995. FROM NICKEL NEWS, DEC 16,

  • Reserve-Resource

    1995, ISU. 50/52, "VOISEY'S BAY PORTETIAL TIED TO EASTERN

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEEPS".

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE NORTHERN MINER. 9/29/97. P.6

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE FINANCIAL POST, DEC, 11, 1995. "DIAMOND FIELDS SEES

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANOTHER GEM IN EASTERN DEEPS", FROM NICKEL NEWS, DEC 16,

  • Reserve-Resource

    1995.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, AUGUST 7, 1996, VOL107, #32, P3.

  • Deposit

    "EXPLORATION DESCOVERS NEW ZONES ON VOISEY'S BAY PROJECT"

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-OCT-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Inco Ltd. — acquired by Subsidiary of Vale (2007)
    International Nickel Company; acquired by Brazilian miner Vale in 2007 for ~US$18 B.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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