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| Record Name(s) | Sherman Mine - 1965, East Pit - 1980, North Pit - 1965, South Pit - 1980, West Pit - 1983 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-May-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-16 |
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| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Strathy, Chambers, Briggs, Strathcona
Latitude: 47° 3' 47.03" Longitude: -79° 49' 42.35"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 588964 Northing: 5212838 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 31M04SW
Point Location Description: East Pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Drive 1.5km north from Temagami on highway 11 turning west off highway 11 and driving 4km to gate/gatehouse
1904-05, 1913-14: U.S. Steel Corp. Ltd. – DD, property development; 1943-59: Mayfair Mining Co. and Ibsen Cobalt Silver Mines Ltd. – stripping, trenching, geophysics, mapping, DD. 1959-64: Strathagami Mines Inc. DD, mapping, ground geophysics. 1966-67: Cliffs of Canada and Dofasco Inc. – DD-8-4312 ft. 1965-90: Dofasco Inc., and Cliffs of Canada Ltd. – in production, DD-14-6304 ft.. 1979: Cliffs of Canada Ltd. – DD-1-666 ft
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| CO-2075 | 31M04SW0022 | 31M04SW0022 |
| CO-2075 | 31M04SW0133 | 31M04SW0133 |
| CO-2075 | 31M04SW0134 | 31M04SW0134 |
| CO-2035 / 63.900 | 31M04SW0115 | 31M04SW0115 |
| CO-2005 | 31M04SW0089 | 31M04SW0089 |
| CO-2075 | 31M04SW0006 | 31M04SW0006 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Temagami
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Magnetite Ironstone | 1 | Magnetite-Facies | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claystone | 2 | Slate | Hanging Wall | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Basalt | Footwall |
Oct 18, 2012 (A Wilson) - The iron formation has an average thickness of 76 m and has a mineable strike length of 600 m. The iron formation is well banded pale grey to dark grey or dark green magnetite-metachert iron formation. Locally, dull red jaspillitic iron formation is present.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Stilpnomelane | Economic | Gangue |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stratiform |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman | 1988 | Unclassified | 5000000 | The Nugget, July 23,1998 | reserves until 1995 | Iron 18 % |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 84603516 |
Iron 25429033 Tonne |
CO 2069 | 22,300,000 long tons of pellets produced 1965-1990 |
File - Resident Geologist files CO-2007, CO-2069, CO-2070
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Briggs and Strathcona townships, Nipissing District
Publication Number: M2324 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1976
Author: Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the northeast Temagami area, District of Nipissing
Publication Number: R163 Page: 80-84 Date: 1978
Author: Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Iron ores of Nipissing District
Publication Number: ARV10.009 Page: 160-180 Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 279 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Compend - Report of activities, 1989, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP147 Page: 274 Date: 1990
Author: Fenwick K.G., Giblin P.E., Pitts A.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Compend - Report of activities, 1990, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP152 Page: 261 Date: 1991
Author: Fenwick K.G., Newsome J.W., Pitts A.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Resident Geologist files clippings `Sherman`
Publication Number: Clippings Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
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