Mine detail: Coppermine River Wreck Lake

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

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Location: Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 67.40715, -116.41853
dep_id: 10303247
mas_id: 1220300006
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect
other_matl: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Pyrite
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Porter, Kenneth E.
disc_yr: 1911
References:
  • 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.
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