White Lake

Past 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 10255292
MAS/MILS ID 1220150011
Record type Site
Current site name White Lake
Alternate or previous names White Lake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -101.72843, 54.71393 (WGS84)
Elevation 300
Location accuracy 100(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 Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -101.72843, 54.71393

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1972

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 1973
    Measured 181000mt ore
    Demonstrated 181000mt ore
    Total resources 181000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 2.7 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1973
    Silver Ag 38 g/mt Silver Trace 1973
    Gold Au 0.7 g/mt Gold Trace 1973
    Copper Cu 5.6 wt-pct Copper Major 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF-METAL SOURCEBOOK,OCT.8,1973

  • 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, MR 185,1975,

  • Deposit

    P.14.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 77-RCD-611-DIAMOND DRILLING BELOW BOTTOM LEVEL 1974 DEVELOPED 160,000 MT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUL-91 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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