Wabush Mine

Producer in Canada with commodity Iron
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 10279013
MAS/MILS ID 1220295002
Record type Site
Current site name Wabush Mine
Alternate or previous names Wabush Scully

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -66.83247, 52.88327 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Canada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -66.83247, 52.88327

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Wabash Iron Ore

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 306900000mt ore
    Total resources 306900000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 38 wt-pct Iron Major 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 93,P. 36.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JAN-1995 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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