To put that deposit in perspective, 3,000 ounces of
gold represents 1.4 per cent of the 209,000 ounces of
gold Goldcorp produced from its Red Lake mines complex in 2017, and an even smaller 0.12 per cent of its
estimated total
gold production last year of 2.6 million ounces.
Gold production from USGS, «Gold,» in Mineral Commodity Summaries (Reston, VA: U.S. Department of the Interior, 2005), pp. 72 — 73, 84 — 87; gold ore data calculated from New Jersey Mining Company Reserves & Resources, «Estimated Ore Reserves,» at www.newjerseymining.com, updated 31 December 2006; steel ore from Mandil et al.,
Gold production from USGS, «
Gold,» in Mineral Commodity Summaries (Reston, VA: U.S. Department of the Interior, 2005), pp. 72 — 73, 84 — 87; gold ore data calculated from New Jersey Mining Company Reserves & Resources, «Estimated Ore Reserves,» at www.newjerseymining.com, updated 31 December 2006; steel ore from Mandil et al.,
Gold,» in Mineral Commodity Summaries (Reston, VA: U.S. Department of the Interior, 2005), pp. 72 — 73, 84 — 87;
gold ore data calculated from New Jersey Mining Company Reserves & Resources, «Estimated Ore Reserves,» at www.newjerseymining.com, updated 31 December 2006; steel ore from Mandil et al.,
gold ore data calculated from New Jersey Mining Company Reserves & Resources, «
Estimated Ore Reserves,» at www.newjerseymining.com, updated 31 December 2006; steel ore from Mandil et al., op.