Hambone

Prospect in Manitoba, 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 10255342
MAS/MILS ID 1220150037
Record type Site
Current site name Hambone

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -98.34079, 55.29176 (WGS84)

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
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -98.34079, 55.29176

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Inco
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1959

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1959
    Indicated 3300000mt ore
    Demonstrated 3300000mt ore
    Total resources 3300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.81 wt-pct Nickel Major 1959
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1959
    Indicated 1100000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1100000mt ore
    Total resources 1100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.1 wt-pct Nickel Major 1959

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P.33.

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.

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:

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.