Bowden Lake

Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodities Copper, Nickel
Sections on this page
  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. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279169
MAS/MILS ID 1220150025
Record type Site
Current site name Bowden Lake
Alternate or previous names Nd Alternate Names

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -98.6505, 54.92695 (WGS84)
Elevation 227
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 Manitoba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -98.6505, 54.92695

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 304M
    Length 1981M
    Width 366M
    Depth to top 600M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 2
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 600
    Date of Last Modification 830627
  • Area 750HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 750
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Mining method Combined Methods
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Thmpson Ni Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bowden Lake Nickel Mines Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNERS: FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES, LTD. (67%), MARBENAR (23%), RIO TINTO (5%). OPERATOR: BOWDEN LAKE NICKEL MINES LTD.
  • BOWDEN LAKE NICKEL MINES LIMITED IS OWNED 66.7 % BY FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES LIMITED, 23.3% BY CONSOLIDATED MARBENOR MINES LIMITED, AND 5% BY RIO TINTO CANADIAN EXPLORATION LIMITED.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Demonstrated 72000080mt ore
    Total resources 72000080mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.6 wt-pct Nickel Major 1981
    Copper Cu 0.04 wt-pct Copper Trace 1981
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Measured 27210000mt ore
    Indicated 72560000mt ore
    Demonstrated 99770000mt ore
    Total resources 99770000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.6 wt-pct Nickel Major 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106M
    Overall depth 106M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BLOCK CAVING 10-79
    Percent Waste Rock 16
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 0
    1st Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    Capacity 8667
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 27.4
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

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, MR181,1978,

  • Deposit

    P.31.

  • Deposit

    BAMBURAK, J.D. "MINERAL INVENTORY OF MANITOBA." ECONOMIC

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY REPORT ER7G-6. MANITOBA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

  • Deposit

    AND MINES. MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION. 1980.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL POLICY SECTOR, OTTAWA. CORPORATION FILES: BOWDEN

  • Deposit

    SHAFT. REVISED JANUARY, 1979.

  • Deposit

    "TO BOWDEN NICKEL AND PINTO GOLD." NORTHERN MINER. MARCH

  • Deposit

    3, 1979. P.7.

  • Deposit

    WILSON,H.B.D., L.C. KILBURN, A.R. GRAHAM, K. RAMLAL.

  • Deposit

    "GEOCHEMISTRY OF SOME NICKELIFEROUS ULTRABASIC

  • Deposit

    INTRUSIONS INTRUSIONS." UNREFERENCED. PP.294-309.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-SEP-96 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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