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Fireside Mine

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 Location:
270 km NE from Iskut, British Columbia, Canada

  Address:
Fireside Minerals Ltd. Box 32069
Westbank
British Columbia, Canada
V4T-3G2
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Barite
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start...
Mine Life100 years (as of Jan 1, 2013)
No production data is publicly available since 2019.
In 2018, production amounted to an estimated 30,000 t from the Moose Pit, which opened in 2016. (most recent statistic available).


Owners

Source: p. 99
CompanyInterestOwnership
Fireside Minerals Ltd. 100 % Direct

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Deposit Type

  • Vein / narrow vein


Summary:

Barite is present in a number of zones, known as the Bear, Moose, Beaver and Wolf zones. Formerly the largest, before it was mined, is the Moose zone where a system of barite veins occur within a north-striking, steeply dipping, anastomosing fault zon. Barite pinches and swells along the structure and rarely exceeds 3.5 metres in width. The barite is white to creamy white, coarsely crystalline, commonly iron stained, and locally banded. It is associated with secondary sideritic dolomite. A grab sample returned an analysis of 58.26 per cent barium, with neglible base metal values; its specific gravity was 4.2. The barite contains only 0.11 per cent strontium.

The Moose zone has been mined by open pit over a length of 400 metres. Records show that in 1984 and 1985, a total of 41,071 tonnes of barite ore was mined and milled by Dresser Industries Incorporated, presumably all from the Moose quarry. Reserves are virtually exhausted from this quarry, but substantial reserves of barite still exist at the Bear zone.

The Bear zone, on which the occurrence is centred, is situated 2.5 kilometres northeast of the Moose zone. Two main barite veins are exposed over a length of 130 metres and width of 20 metres, striking northeast with subvertical dips. The south vein is 3 metres wide and the north vein is 1 metre wide. The barite veins are very similar in appearance and composition to that at the Moose zone. They are streaked grey and white and cut by fractures para ........


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

The mine is an open pit operation, where overburden is removed by bulldozers to expose the vein surface. The ore is then blasted and loaded by hydraulic excavators and front-end loaders into 13.5-tonne haul trucks. The ore is then hauled to the crushing plant and from there to the mineral dressing plant at Watson Lake. The mined-out pits are then backfilled and seeded.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing


Summary:

The Fireside Minerals website reports an overall reserve in the ‘millions of tonnes’ providing a mine life of over 100 years. The barite mined is processed at the company’s grinding and milling facility in Watson Lake, Yukon, and sold to the oil and gas markets in Canada and Alaska.


Production:

CommodityUnits2018201720162015
Barite t 30,00038,80010,00032,000
All production numbers are expressed as mineral.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics2015
Total tonnes mined 65,000 t

Reserves at December 31, 2017:

CategoryTonnage Commodity
Proven & Probable 475,000 t Barite



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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Annual Report 2017
Annual Report 2015
Other 2013
Other 1989
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