Northwest Territories
Plant

Miramar Con

Northwest Territories, Canada
GoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsArsenopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1937
Discovery year1934
Identification
Deposit ID10205972
Alternate namesCon-Rycon, Nerco Con, Robertson, VolRycon, Yellorex, Ry Con
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates62.43341, -114.33472
References
ANNUAL REPORTS - COMINCO (1966-1980).ACRES DAVEY MCKEE LTD. GOLD MINING IN CANADA 1981.62 PP.CANADIAN MINING HANDBOOK (1981). PP. 87-90, 299-300.COMINCO LTD. CON MINES - YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWESTTERRITORY (1974). IN MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN WESTERN CANADA,THE 10TH COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS,SEPT. 2-29, 1974.ELGI, D.H. AND MACPHAIL, A.D. CON OPERATIONS. INMILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, COMINCO LTD. CIM SPEC., VOL. 16,1978, PP. 56-57.FISH, R. CONSTANT CHANGE KEEPS CON MINE UP TO DATE.CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 102, NO. 5, 1981: SOUVENIRISSUE: 75 YEARS 1906 TO 1981 COMINCO, PP. 101-112.NORTHERN MINER. OCT. 18, 1979.NORTHERN MINER. COMINCO'S CON MINE LIVES UP TO ITSHERITAGE. N.M., AUGUST 3, 1978, PP. 1-2.-----. NORTH SIXTY. COMINCO PUBLICATIONS, JUNE 9, 1976.E & MJ. COMINCO'S CON MINE HOISTS 650 T/D THROUGHROBERTSON SHAFT. FEB. 1982, PP. 83-85.MINERALS ECONOMICS GROUP, ACTIVE CANADIAN GOLD MINES, AUG.91CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1990-91, P324.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996-97, PP. 283-284, 479.MIRAMAR MINING CORPORATION, 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, (95-96 DATA)CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, PP, 266, 267.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1992-93, PAGE 251.NERCO INC, 1991, 10K, PAGES 19, 20.MIRAMAR MINING CORPORATION 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P14.