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Expo Ungava

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279053
MAS/MILS ID 1220500078
Record type Site
Current site name Expo Ungava
Alternate or previous names Cape Smith, Wakeham Bay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.46649, 61.55049 (WGS84)
Elevation 580
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Nickel Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Pentlandite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.46649, 61.55049
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830627

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PROPERTY LIES WITHIN A BELT OF PRECAMBRIAN SEDIMENTARY, VOLCANIC, AND INTRUSIVE ROCKS THAT EXTEND FROM CAPE SMITH TO WAKEHAM BAY. THE INTRUSIVES CONSIST OF SILL-LIKE BODIES OF GABBRO, PERIDOTITE, AND SERPENTENITE THAT CUT THE OLDER SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC ROCKS. THE NICKEL-COPPER DEPOSITS ARE IN THE FORM OF VEINS, AND ARE CALLED THE DAVIDSON NO.1 NO. 2 AND NO. 3 VEINS. THE THREE VEINS ARE NEARLY PARALLEL AND ABOUT 305 METERS APART. THE NO. 1 VEIN EXHIBITS SOME SYNCLINAL FOLDING. NICKEL-COPPER VALUES ARE CONCENTRATED NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE PERIDOTITE SILL, CLOSE TO THE FOOTWALL SEDIMENTS.
  • THE AGGREGATE STRIKE LENGTH OF THE NICKEL-COPPER VEINS IS ABOUT 3 KM, WITH THE LARGEST TRACED FOR 1097 METERS WITH AN INDICATED WIDTH OF 11 METERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1957
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Northern Quebec

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Falconbridge Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1990

Comments on the production information

  • P-UOC IS MT ORE/YR; P-UOO IS MT CONC./YR.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IDENTIFIED RESOURCE GRADE IS 0.47% NI & 0.52% CU. OTHER NAMES: CAPE SMITH, WAKEHAM BAY. *NOTE- 11/86 - REPORTEDLY THERE HAS BEEN INTEREST EXPRESSED IN THIS PROSPECT DURING THE LAST YEAR.
  • GRADE RESOURCE DEFINED BY CONTRACTOR.
  • EST. RESERVES ARE 17258800 MT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 20
    Capacity 1555
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 36
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1991

Comments on other economic factors

  • THERE IS CURRENTLY NO MINE IN OPERATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINISTERE DES RICHESSES NATURELLES DU QUEBEC. "FICHE DE

  • Deposit

    GITE." NO. LAUNAY-10. MAY 1980.

  • Deposit

    ECKSTRAND, O.R. "THE NICKEL POTENTIAL OF SERPENTINIZED

  • Deposit

    ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS." CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. APRIL 1971.

  • Deposit

    P. 46.

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, MINERAL POLICY

  • Deposit

    SECTOR. FILE 506442. OTTAWA. FEBRUARY 1979.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-1996 Bleiwas, Donald 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:

  • Falconbridge Ltd. — now part of Subsidiary of Glencore (2013)
    Acquired by Xstrata in 2006; Xstrata merged into Glencore in 2013.

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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