Ely-Robinson

Site with commodities copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, lead, zinc, manganese, rhenium, palladium, platinum, tellurium

Mines and mineral occurrences in this site

Dataset Feature name Feature type Commodities
Re Ruth Pit Open Pit Mine copper
Re Liberty Pit Open Pit Mine copper
Re Tripp-Veteran Pit Open Pit Mine copper
Re Robinson Mine Open Pit Mine copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; lead; zinc; manganese; rhenium; palladium; platinum
Re Kimbley Pit Open Pit Mine copper
Re Emma Mine Open Pit Mine copper
Re Kimbley Deposit copper; tellurium; rhenium
Re Ruth Deposit copper; molybdenum
Re Liberty Deposit copper
Re Tripp Deposit copper
Re Veteran Deposit copper; gold
Re Emma Deposit copper
Re Alpha Deposit copper
Re Richard Deposit copper
Re Taylor Deposit copper; tungsten
Re Wedge Deposit copper; gold
Re Robinson District polygon

Detailed information reported for groups of mines or mineral occurrences

Resource estimate summaries

Features Date Description Class Type Material Contained Units
Robinson 2015 Mineral Resource Measured plus Indicated plus Inferred ore gold 65,864 kilograms
Robinson 2015 Mineral Resource Proven plus Probable ore copper 489,289 tonnes
Robinson 2015 Mineral Resource Measured plus Indicated plus Inferred ore copper 1,662,873 tonnes
Robinson 2015 Mineral Resource Proven plus Probable ore gold 18,016 kilograms
Ely 2017 Unclassified ore rhenium 200 metric tons
Ely 2017 Unclassified ore gold 204,000 kilograms
Ely 2017 Unclassified ore copper 4,600,000 metric tons
Ely 2017 Unclassified ore molybdenum 75,000 metric tons

Detailed resource estimates

Robinson, 2015: Mineral Resource, Measured plus Indicated plus Inferred
Year of estimate 2015
Resource description Mineral Resource
Resource classification Measured plus Indicated plus Inferred
Resource classification system CIM
Material gold
Material type ore
Material amount 370,057,000
Amount units tonnes
Grade 0.18
Grade units grams per tonne
Contained commodity 65,864
Contained commodity units kilograms
Material amount SI 370,057,000
Material amount SI units metric tons
Grade SI 0.18
Grade SI units grams per metric ton
Contained commodity SI 65,864
Contained commodity SI units kilograms
Short reference KGHM (2015)Page 19
Reference KGHM Polska Miedz, 2015, Mineral Resources and Reserves Report as at December 31, 2014, accessed April 20, 2016 at http://kghm.com/en/mineral-resources-and-reserves-report.
Robinson, 2015: Mineral Resource, Proven plus Probable
Year of estimate 2015
Resource description Mineral Resource
Resource classification Proven plus Probable
Resource classification system CIM
Material copper
Material type ore
Material amount 119,374,000
Amount units tonnes
Grade 0.41
Grade units percent
Contained commodity 489,289
Contained commodity units tonnes
Material amount SI 119,374,000
Material amount SI units metric tons
Grade SI 0.41
Grade SI units percent
Contained commodity SI 489,289
Contained commodity SI units metric tons
Short reference KGHM (2015)Page 19
Reference KGHM Polska Miedz, 2015, Mineral Resources and Reserves Report as at December 31, 2014, accessed April 20, 2016 at http://kghm.com/en/mineral-resources-and-reserves-report.
Robinson, 2015: Mineral Resource, Measured plus Indicated plus Inferred
Year of estimate 2015
Resource description Mineral Resource
Resource classification Measured plus Indicated plus Inferred
Resource classification system CIM
Material copper
Material type ore
Material amount 370,057,000
Amount units tonnes
Grade 0.45
Grade units percent
Contained commodity 1,662,873
Contained commodity units tonnes
Material amount SI 370,057,000
Material amount SI units metric tons
Grade SI 0.45
Grade SI units percent
Contained commodity SI 1,662,873
Contained commodity SI units metric tons
Short reference KGHM (2015)Page 19
Reference KGHM Polska Miedz, 2015, Mineral Resources and Reserves Report as at December 31, 2014, accessed April 20, 2016 at http://kghm.com/en/mineral-resources-and-reserves-report.
Robinson, 2015: Mineral Resource, Proven plus Probable
Year of estimate 2015
Resource description Mineral Resource
Resource classification Proven plus Probable
Resource classification system CIM
Material gold
Material type ore
Material amount 119,374,000
Amount units tonnes
Grade 0.15
Grade units grams per tonne
Contained commodity 18,016
Contained commodity units kilograms
Material amount SI 119,374,000
Material amount SI units metric tons
Grade SI 0.15
Grade SI units grams per metric ton
Contained commodity SI 18,016
Contained commodity SI units kilograms
Short reference KGHM (2015)Page 19
Reference KGHM Polska Miedz, 2015, Mineral Resources and Reserves Report as at December 31, 2014, accessed April 20, 2016 at http://kghm.com/en/mineral-resources-and-reserves-report.
Ely, 2017: Unclassified,
Year of estimate 2017
Resource description Unclassified
Material rhenium
Material type ore
Material amount 754,000,000(includes amounts of more than one commodity)
Amount units metric tons
Grade 0.27
Grade units grams per metric ton
Contained commodity 200
Contained commodity units metric tons
Material amount SI 754,000,000(includes amounts of more than one commodity)
Material amount SI units metric tons
Grade SI 0.267
Grade SI units grams per metric ton
Contained commodity SI 200
Contained commodity SI units metric tons
Short reference John and others (2017)Table P2
Reference John, D.A., Seal, R.R., II, and Polyak, D.E., 2017, Rhenium, chap. P of Schulz, K.J., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Seal, R.R., II, and Bradley, D.C., eds., Critical mineral resources of the United States—Economic and environmental geology and prospects for future supply: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1802, p. P1– P49, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/pp1802P.
Ely, 2017: Unclassified,
Year of estimate 2017
Resource description Unclassified
Material gold
Material type ore
Material amount 754,000,000(includes amounts of more than one commodity)
Amount units metric tons
Grade 0.27
Grade units grams per metric ton
Contained commodity 204,000
Contained commodity units kilograms
Material amount SI 754,000,000(includes amounts of more than one commodity)
Material amount SI units metric tons
Grade SI 0.27
Grade SI units grams per metric ton
Contained commodity SI 204,000
Contained commodity SI units kilograms
Short reference John and others (2017)Table P2
Reference John, D.A., Seal, R.R., II, and Polyak, D.E., 2017, Rhenium, chap. P of Schulz, K.J., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Seal, R.R., II, and Bradley, D.C., eds., Critical mineral resources of the United States—Economic and environmental geology and prospects for future supply: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1802, p. P1– P49, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/pp1802P.
Ely, 2017: Unclassified,
Year of estimate 2017
Resource description Unclassified
Material copper
Material type ore
Material amount 754,000,000(includes amounts of more than one commodity)
Amount units metric tons
Grade 0.613
Grade units weight percent
Contained commodity 4,600,000
Contained commodity units metric tons
Material amount SI 754,000,000(includes amounts of more than one commodity)
Material amount SI units metric tons
Grade SI 0.613
Grade SI units weight percent
Contained commodity SI 4,600,000
Contained commodity SI units metric tons
Short reference John and others (2017)Table P2
Reference John, D.A., Seal, R.R., II, and Polyak, D.E., 2017, Rhenium, chap. P of Schulz, K.J., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Seal, R.R., II, and Bradley, D.C., eds., Critical mineral resources of the United States—Economic and environmental geology and prospects for future supply: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1802, p. P1– P49, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/pp1802P.
Ely, 2017: Unclassified,
Year of estimate 2017
Resource description Unclassified
Material molybdenum
Material type ore
Material amount 754,000,000(includes amounts of more than one commodity)
Amount units metric tons
Grade 0.01
Grade units weight percent
Contained commodity 75,000
Contained commodity units metric tons
Material amount SI 754,000,000(includes amounts of more than one commodity)
Material amount SI units metric tons
Grade SI 0.01
Grade SI units weight percent
Contained commodity SI 75,000
Contained commodity SI units metric tons
Short reference John and others (2017)Table P2
Reference John, D.A., Seal, R.R., II, and Polyak, D.E., 2017, Rhenium, chap. P of Schulz, K.J., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Seal, R.R., II, and Bradley, D.C., eds., Critical mineral resources of the United States—Economic and environmental geology and prospects for future supply: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1802, p. P1– P49, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/pp1802P.

History of the site

Features Dates Status Detail Reference
Robinson operation 2004 to 2008 Exploration Drilling and re-assaying of existing core and pulps; Updating geologic model Hardy and others (2009)

Geographic context based on the point coordinates