Mine detail: Coppermine River Wreck Lake

Previously called 'Coppermine RiverCoppermine River LtdDot. No. 47 ZoneWreck Lake'

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Location

Lat / long: 67.40715, -116.41853

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Other material: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Pyrite
Discovery year: 1911

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

MAS1220300006
DEP10303247
Reference{Deposit:: ALLAN, R.J., HORNBROOK, E.H.W., DEVELOPMENT OF GEOCHEMICAL}{Deposit:: TECHNIQUES IN PERMAFROST, COPPERMINE RIVER REGION;}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, APRIL, 1970, P.45-49}{Deposit:: JENNY, C. P. STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF CANADIAN ORE DEPOSITS,}{Deposit:: VOL 2, THE COPPERMINE RIVER AREA, 1957, PP. 189-200.}{Deposit:: MINERAL POLICY SECTOR, DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES,}{Deposit:: OTTAWA.}{Ownership:: THE NORTHERN MINER, 7/1/91, P. 18.}{Reserve-Resource:: MINING JOURNAL, 6/24/83, P. 431.}{Reserve-Resource:: FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES, 1979, P. 62.}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1986-87, NORTHERN MINER PRESS,P.112.}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN 1983, P. 287.}{Reserve-Resource:: EMR CANADA, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITE NOT BEING MINED IN}{Reserve-Resource:: 1989, MR 223, NOV. 1989, P. N.W.T. 124.}
ReporterPorter, Kenneth E.