Abandoned Mine Inventory for Ontario

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Abandoned Mine Identifier: 03788

General Information

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Abandoned Mine Identifier: 03788

Official Name: Northland Pyrite

Site Classification: B

Primary Commodity: Sulphur/pyrite

Long Name: 2017590052200

Date Mine Opened: 1906-01-01

Date Mine Closed: 1910-12-31

Mine Closure Reason: Ceasing Production - Other

Mine Closure Plan: No

Rehabilitation Plan: No

Mine Plans on File: No

Legal Jurisdiction: Mining Act

Date Record Last Modified: 2013-05-08

Location Information

Township or Area: Best

District: Cobalt

NTS Number: 031M04

Longitude (dd): -79.74252 | Latitude (dd): 47.17182

UTM Zone: 17 | Easting: 595293 | Northing: 5225025

Operational Access Description: Rehabilitation Undertaken By Mndm Amrp. See File. Access; Take Hwy 11 North From Temagami For ~11km To Rib Lake Road And Turn West, Crossing The Trans Canada Pipeline Right Of Way To South End Of James Lake Where A Culvert Has Been Washed Out One Can Observe Feature 6 From This Point As It Stretched Into The Lake. Walk Up The West Side Of The Lake For 200m And Observe A Number Of Waste/ore Piles And Open Cut From This Access Road. Past Producer With One Shaft, One Open Cut And Pit On Surface. Waste Rock Dumps And Tailings On Site, Acid Generating. Snowmobile Trail Directly Adjacent Site. Site Flagged For Rehabilitation In 2000. The Shaft Has Been Rehabilitated Since The Mindecom Report. The Year 2000 Survey Reports Two Open Pits, Two Ore Stockpiles, Two Waste Rock Dumps, A Tailings Area, A Two Compartment Shaft And One Trench.


Hazard Feature Information

Mine Feature
Hazard Status
Condition
UTM Zone
Easting
Northing
Open Pit
Active
2000 Assessment; Water Filled -- Presently Flooded And Contained By Causeway/dam Wall Made Of Limestone.
17
595300
5225070
Open Pit
Active
2000 Assessment; Open Cut On The Main Mineralized Zone. The Sides Are Vertical And Drop 2m To Water.
17
595310
5225070
Ore Stockpile
Active
2000 Assessment; Fine Ore Pile
17
595285
5225108
Shaft - 2 Compartment - Vertical Shaft
Rehabilitated
2000 Assessment; Capped/bakfilled(located Within Feature 8) A 2" Pipe Sticup Was Observed In The Centre Of A Levelled Flat Area. The Pipe Suggests That The Shaft Was Capped (pipe Is For Pressure Equalization) And Then Backfill Has Been Placed Over T
17
595288
5225105
Tailings - Unconfined
Active
2000 Assessment; The Site Mined Sulfur Ore. Waste Material, Which Includes Waste Rock And Fines, Was Dry Stacked Adjacent (and In) James Lake. The Volume Of Material Is Estimated At 150,000 To 200,000 Tonnes. The Waste Materials Are Not Typical Tailings (
17
595289
5225063
Tailings Dams
Active
2000 Assessment; Causeway/dam Wall/chemical Barrier. Made Of Limestone, Serves Dual Purose Of Access To The Main Workigs/shaft Area And To Filter The Acid Mine Waters That Drain Easterly Into James Lake. This Cuaseway Is Composed Of Coarse Angular Limes
17
595293
5225025
Trench
Rehabilitated
2000 Assessment; Series Of Small Linear Trenches That Are Overgrown; Coordinate Is From Map Approx.
17
595276
5225188
Waste Rock Dump
Active
2000 Assessment; Ore Pile Located At The South Side Of The Loading Crib - Composed Of Mainly Coarse Pyrite.
17
595302
5225016
Waste Rock Dump
Active
2000 Assessment; Due To The Residual Pyrite Content Maybe Causing An Acid Mine Drainage Problem In The Lake. Coarse Fragments Of +2".
17
595316
5225108
Waste Rock Dump
Active
2000 Assessment; Waste Rock Zone With Recangular Loading Dock (composed Of Large Square Timbers).
17
595311
5225032

Mineral Deposit Identifier: MDI31M04NE00002


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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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