Abandoned Mine Inventory for Ontario

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Abandoned Mine Identifier: 07850

General Information

Permanent Link to this Record: 07850


Abandoned Mine Identifier: 07850

Official Name: Wilmot

Site Classification: C

Primary Commodity: Copper

Long Name: 2017290051500

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: 2006-04-18

Location Information

Township or Area: Galbraith

District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Number: 041J05

Longitude (dd): -83.69485 | Latitude (dd): 46.4994

UTM Zone: 17 | Easting: 293221 | Northing: 5153065

Operational Access Description: Access; Take Hwy 561 North From Bruce Mines To A Point Past Ophir Onto A Gravelled Rd Toward Ranger Lake Rd. Look For C. Stevenson Mailbox At Conc. Rd Turn Off Proceed 2km To Last Farm Then Follow Track Eastward Across Fields Into Bush Lot Toward Ne For 1km. Take Second Skidder Trail North For 80m Which Cuts The Zone. Power Exploration & Holdings (1973) Observed 3 Shallow Shafts ("...only Evidence Of The Shafts Is Their Collapsed Collars With Remnant Vertical Timbers.; Commodity: Copper; Work Completed By Hudson Copper Co. 1916. Trenching Dimensions Are Not Given But Described As Extensive In Assessment File Galbrath-0011. Trench Measured From Plan Year 2000 Survey Reports Site Is Rugged And Slopes To The North. Timbered In Places (poplar) Hazards Are Overgrown And Well Hidden With Underbrush.


Hazard Feature Information

Mine Feature
Hazard Status
Condition
UTM Zone
Easting
Northing
Exploration Shaft - Vertical Shaft
Active
2000 Assessment; Shaft 20m West Of Skidder Track, Rimmed By Coarse Loose Rock Waste. Water Filled. Water Level At 4m Bgs. 2020 Assessment- Exploration Shaft With An Unknown Depth. Water Level Is Approximately 4 Mbgs Based On Literature Review. Explorat
17
293267
5153069
Exploration Shaft - Vertical Shaft
Active
2000 Assessment; Shaft Is At The East End Of The Workings Area And Is Large. Roughly Square, Waste Rock Rimmed And Water Filled. 2020 Assessment- Flooded Exploration Shaft Located At The East End Of The Open Cut. Flooded Exploration Shaft With Bedr
17
293267
5153069
Exploration Shaft - Vertical Shaft
Active
2000 Assessment; On The Main Mineralized Zone Which Runs East To West, Water Filled. 2020 Assessment-exploration Shaft Located At The West End Of The Open Cut. Currently Filled With Waste Rock And Organic Debris.egress Is Possible. Exploration Shaf
17
293244
5153066
Open Pit
Not A Hazard
2000 Assessment; Pit Found Close To Skidder/farm Rd At East End Of Features Area. Feature In Bedrock And Water Filled. Rusty Angular Rock Observed On Road In Area. Coordinates Approximated From Site Map. 2020 Assessment- Exploration Pits Located Throug
17
293463
5152968
Open Pit
Active
2000 Assessment; Large Trench Or Open Cut Which Runs East From Shaft F5. Rimmed By Coarse Rock Waste And Proceeds To And Past Shaft 2 (f8). 2020 Assessment- Open Cut Located Between 2 Exploration Shafts. Trenching Cross-cuts The Open Cut. Open Cut Is D
17
293256
5153066
Trench
Not A Hazard
2000 Assessment; Trench With Waste Rock Borders On Flanks. Bottom Is Dry And Firm. 2020 Assessment-exploration Trenching, Shallow Depth, Minimal Width And Heavily Overgrown. Difficult To Identify. Shallow And Overgrown Exploration Trench. Does Not
17
293206
5153066
Trench
Not A Hazard
2000 Assessment; Steep Sided, Often Water Filled With Alot Of Conglomerate And Waste Rock Along Both Sides. 2020 Assessment- Exploration Trench, Shallow Depth, Minimal Width And Heavily Overgrown. Difficult To Identify. Shallow And Overgrown Explora
17
293206
5153066
Trench
Not A Hazard
2000 Assessment; Shallow Prospecting Trench. Coordinates Approximated From Site Map. 2020 Assessment- Exploration Trench, Shallow Depth, Minimal Width And Heavily Overgrown. Difficult To Identify. Shallow And Overgrown Exploration Trench. Does Not
17
293267
5153069
Trench
Not A Hazard
2000 Assessment; There Are Many Pits And Trenches In This Area, But All Are Shallow, Overgrown And Non-hazardous. 2020 Assessment- Exploration Trenching , Shallow Depth, Minimal Width And Heavily Overgrown. Difficukt To Identify. Shallow And Overgro
17
293244
5153066
Trench
Not A Hazard
2000 Assessment; Shallow Prospect Trench. 2020 Assessment- Exploration Trenching, Shallow Deoth, Minimal Width And Heavily Overgrown. Difficult To Identify. Shallow And Overgrown Exploration Trench. Does Not Pose A Hazard.
17
293244
5153066

Mineral Deposit Identifier: MDI41J12SE00034


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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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