Abandoned Mine Inventory for Ontario

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Abandoned Mine Identifier: 03773

General Information

Permanent Link to this Record: 03773


Abandoned Mine Identifier: 03773

Official Name: Oslund-hurst

Site Classification: D

Primary Commodity: Gold

Long Name: 2017580052100

Date Mine Opened:

Date Mine Closed:

Mine Closure Reason: Exploratory Workings - Surface

Mine Closure Plan: No

Rehabilitation Plan: No

Mine Plans on File: No

Legal Jurisdiction: Mining Act

Date Record Last Modified: 2006-12-07

Location Information

Township or Area: Strathy

District: Cobalt

NTS Number: 031M04

Longitude (dd): -79.8488 | Latitude (dd): 47.08479

UTM Zone: 17 | Easting: 587382 | Northing: 5215229

Operational Access Description: Access; Proceed Through Main Gate At Sherman Mine Taking First Road To Right Which Proceeds Up Onto Tailings Impound Area And Along East Side. This Road Cuts North Though Some Natural Bush And A Road Cut Area And Crosses A Large Rock Dam Which Transects The Crooke And Vermillion Lakes Watersheds. Vermillion Lake Is Now Filled With Fine Rock Tailings From The Sherman Mine Operation . The First Outcrop Hill On The North Side Of This Rock Dam Approx 2km From The Gatehouse Is The Start Of The Oslund-hurst Features. Proceed Sw Following The Ridge For Features 5 And 6 And Cross The Tailings To The Next Ridge To Find Other Features. Surface Prospecting Performed On Outcrops Currently Lying Inside The Sherman Mine Tailings. Gold With Pyritized Iron Formation And Pyritic Quartz Carbonate In Altered Felsic Valcanics. Features Include 2 Trenches, 4 Pits And A Muck Pile; Completed Prior To 1942. The Year 2000 Survey Reports Six Trenches/pits.


Hazard Feature Information

Mine Feature
Hazard Status
Condition
UTM Zone
Easting
Northing
Open Pit
Not A Hazard
2000 Assessment; Feature #6 Is A Large Stripped Pit-like Area Whcih Is Overgrown, Shallow And Not Readily Observed, But Has Several Shallow Linear Trenches Paralleling It. Likely Later Stripping By Bulldozer To Expose The Berock Surface For Mapping And S
17
587605
5215446
Open Pit
Not A Hazard
2000 Assessment; Another Pit Located Close To The Tailings Dam Access Road And On The First Outcrop Ridge Nearest The Rocad. It Is Old, Slumped In, On Bedrock And Non-hazardous In Nature.
17
587548
5215396
Open Pit
Not A Hazard
2000 Assessment; Feature #3 Is A Pit In Bedrock Along The East Flank Of The Same Outcrop Ridge Used To Expose And Sample The Bedrock. It Is Low In Profile, Shallow, Overgrown And Non-hazardous.
17
587321
5215143
Open Pit
Not A Hazard
2000 Assessment; This Feature Is A Pit Along The East Flank Of The Same Outcrop Ridge And Further To The Southeast. It Is Small, Overgrown And Shallow, Non-hazardous.
17
587337
5215203
Trench
Not A Hazard
2000 Assessment; Shallow Trench Similar To The Others And In The Same General Area And Along Strike On The East Flank Of The Outcrop Ridge. It Is Slumped In, Shallow, And Non-hazardous.
17
587346
5215154
Trench
Not A Hazard
2000 Assessment; Shallow Trench Running In A Nw To Se Direction Along The East Slope/edge Of An Outcrop Ridge Which Historically Followed The Shores Of Vermillion Lake And Is Now Filled With Tailings From The Sherman Iron Mine Operation. The Trench Is Lo
17
587382
5215229

Mineral Deposit Identifier: MDI31M04SW00083


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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


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