Dickstone Mine

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 10278784
MAS/MILS ID 1220150018
Record type Site
Current site name Dickstone Mine
Related records 10056365

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -100.49058, 54.85504 (WGS84)
Elevation 300

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 Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -100.49058, 54.85504

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Year of first production 1970

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dickstone Copper Mines Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Hudson Bay Mining And Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Indicated 304000mt ore
    Demonstrated 304000mt ore
    Total resources 304000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.43 wt-pct Copper Major 1975
    Zinc Zn 4.5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1975
    Silver Ag 10.6 g/mt Silver Minor 1975
    Gold Au 0.41 g/mt Gold Minor 1975
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Indicated 429000mt ore
    Demonstrated 429000mt ore
    Total resources 429000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.82 wt-pct Copper Major 1974
    Zinc Zn 2.8 wt-pct Zinc Major 1974
    Silver Ag 1 g/mt Silver Minor 1974
    Gold Au 0 g/mt Gold Minor 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 213, 1989, MAN-70.

  • 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, MR185,1979,

  • Deposit

    P.23.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 77-RCD-620-COST TO PRODUCE EST. $4,250,000, BEING AMORTIZED IS MINED 77-RCD-611-DD. IN 1974 ADDED 42,000MT ABOVE 357M LEVEL AND 3 BELOW THIS LEVEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUL-1991 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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