Abandoned Mine Inventory for Ontario

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Abandoned Mine Identifier: 03769

General Information

Permanent Link to this Record: 03769

Abandoned Mine Identifier: 03769

Official Name: Temagami-lorrain

Site Classification: C

Primary Commodity: Cobalt

Long Name: 2017590052100

Date Mine Opened:

Date Mine Closed:

Mine Closure Reason: Exploratory Workings - Underground

Mine Closure Plan: No

Rehabilitation Plan: No

Mine Plans on File: No

Legal Jurisdiction: Mining Act

Date Record Last Modified: 2011-06-09

Location Information

Township or Area: Cassels

District: Cobalt

NTS Number: 031M04

Longitude (dd): -79.68516 | Latitude (dd): 47.10969

UTM Zone: 17 | Easting: 599756 | Northing: 5218192

Operational Access Description: Access; Travel By Boat From Ramp At East End Of Temagami A Distance Of 14km To East Margin Of Obashkong Lake. Foot Traverse To Site ~1km Bearing 300 Degrees. Traverse Around 30m Cliff Line. Site With One Small Shaft Sunk In Diabase 4" Fracture, May Be A Partially Filled Pit. Located South West Of Sauve Lake. Low Undulating To Flat Country Bordered By Swamps - Moderately To Densely Forested; Other Principal Commodity Is Gold, Minor Include Arsenic, Silver, Copper And Nickel. The Year 2000 Survey Reports Two Trenches/pits And One Possible Shaft.

Hazard Feature Information

Mine Feature

Hazard Status

Condition

UTM Zone

Easting

Northing

Open Pit

Active

2000 Assessment; Pit: Possibly Site Of Shaft - If The Pit Is In Fact The Shaft It Maybe Unstable. The Feature Appears To Be Stable However This Pit May Be The Shaft Site But This Was Not Definitive.

599756

5218192

Open Pit

Not A Hazard

2000 Assessment; Small Shallow Pit.

599759

5218195

Trench

Not A Hazard

2000 Assessment; Shallow Trench: Old, But Fairly Distinct Feature. Overgrown.

599798

5218189

Mineral Deposit Identifier: MDI31M04SE00024

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Contact

Emilie Trottier
Mine Hazards Technical Specialist
Mine Rehabilitation Group
Willet Green Miller Center - Level B6
933 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury ON P3E 6B5
Email: emilie.trottier@ontario.ca
Phone: 705-280-8658