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Abandoned Mine Identifier: 07851

General Information

Permanent Link to this Record: 07851


Abandoned Mine Identifier: 07851

Official Name: Havilah

Site Classification: C

Primary Commodity: Gold

Long Name: 2017290051500

Date Mine Opened:

Date Mine Closed:

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: 2006-04-18

Location Information

Township or Area: Galbraith

District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Number: 041J05

Longitude (dd): -83.7041 | Latitude (dd): 46.47498

UTM Zone: 17 | Easting: 292418 | Northing: 5150376

Operational Access Description: Access; Take Hwy 561 North From Bruce Mines To Dunn's Valley Turn Off At Hwy 638. Proceed East Past First Bridge Then Turn North On First Conc Rd And Continue For Approx 2km Passing Large Gabbro Cliffs On East Side. The First Cottage Rd With A New Steel Gate Barring Road Marks The Point Of Walking. This Road Cuts Across The Rock Dump Piles And Main Workings Are Due East Of This Rock Pile. Commodity: Gold; Silver; Copper. Year 2000 Survey Reports Very Rugged Terrain- At Base Of Diabase Sill - Numerous Larger Features. File Contains 25 Photos And Negatives, 1993.


Hazard Feature Information

Mine Feature
Hazard Status
Condition
UTM Zone
Easting
Northing
Equipment
Active
2000 Assessment; There Are Numerous Pieces Of Old Equipment And Parts Of Processing Equipment Lying Around. The Author Has Been Verbally Told That These Will Be Cleaned Out Once Financing Has Been Obtained. The Main Piece Of Scrap Is An Old Bulldozer Th
17
292256
5150393
Miscellaneous Structures
Active
2000 Assessment; Includes A Number Of Structures And Remains Of Mill Buildings In The Late 1980's To Reprocess The Rock Pile And Small Tailings Impound Located Close By. These Features Are Located On The West Side Of The Large Waste Rock And Mine Inf
17
292235
5150382
Open Pit
Active
2000 Assessment; Is Similar To The First And Located Further South Along The Gravel Access Road To This Havilah Mine Site.
17
292248
5150378
Open Pit
Active
One Can Best Describe This Feature As An Old Borrow Pit For Gravel Used On Local Roads. It Is Mainly Large Coarse Boulders And Gravel Fines Up Against The West Side Of The Large Gabbro Outcrop Ridge And Is Not A Permitted Site. There Is Some Evidence Th
17
292248
5150378
Open Pit
Active
2000 Assessment; Is Located At The North End Of The Three Pits Along The West Face Of The Large Gabbro Outcrop Hill Just Before The Havilah Mine. It Is A Non-permitted Pit Likely Used By Local Farmers Or Fill And Road Bed Material. These Pits Are Coarse
17
292256
5150393
Raise To Surface
Active
2000 Assessment; The First Raise Is At The West Side Of The Large Gabbro Hill And Slightly South Of The Strike Of The Main Zone.
17
292377
5150338
Raise To Surface
Active
2000 Assessment; Is Located Closer To The Main Workings By 20 Metres. And Is At The Lowest Elevation Of The Site And Flooded To Surface.
17
292377
5150374
Stope To Surface
Active
2000 Assessment; Open Cut/ Partially Collapsed Open Stope.
17
292377
5150338
Stope To Surface
Active
2000 Assessment; This Is The West End Of A Large Slope Or Rock Cut With A Possible Raise On The Hanging Wall (south Side - The Rock Fill May Have Allowed Some Open Space)- The Stope Dips Steeply To The South And Overhangs The Cut At This Point For +10 Met
17
292418
5150376
Stope To Surface
Active
2000 Assessment; The Main Stope/open Cut Extends A Further 20 Metres Into The Hill Along The Gabbro Contact At An 80 Degree Dip To The South. The Overhang Is Up 3 Metres And The Roof Pendant Gets Thicker As One Progresses Eastward (+2 Metres) But Its Sta
17
292443
5150362
Tailings - Unconfined
Active
2008 Tailings Assessment; No Tailings Observed On Site. An Overgrown Disturbed Area Was Indicated West Of The Waste Rock Pile. 2000 Assessment; The Tailings Impound Area Is Small, Dry And Only Minor In Hazard Rating Due To Few Backhoe Trenches Dug Int
17
292248
5150378
Trench
Active
2000 Assessment; The Second Trench Parallels The Open Cut On Its North Flank And Follows The Mineralization. Again These Are Major Rock Trenches With Waste Pilled On Each Flank.
17
292248
5150378
Waste Rock Dump
Active
Can Be Seen From The Gate And Cottage Road That Proceeds Up Past The Mine Features To Ickta Lake. The Owner Of The 2000 Assessment; Patent Claims Also Owns The Cottage On The Lake. The Waste Pile Is Due West By 50 Metres Of The Start Of The Raises And O
17
292323
5150372

Mineral Deposit Identifier: MDI41J05NE00005


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Contact

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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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