Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Pater Mine - 1961, McFadden Option - 1954 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-17 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver, Cobalt
Township or Area: Spragge
Latitude: 46° 12' 25.14" Longitude: -82° 38' 56.76"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 372783.997 Northing: 5118367.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J02NE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: 1/4 mile E of the village of spragge.
Circa- 1920: pitting. 1954-57: Pater Uranium Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics, mapping, diamond drilling, underground development. 1959: Pronto Uranium Mines Ltd. -property acquired. 1960-70: Rio Algom Uranium Mines Ltd. - underground development and production; mapping, ground geophysics, diamond drilling
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Spragge- 0011A1 | 41J02NE0016 | 41J02NE0016 |
| SPRAGGE 0017-A1 | 41J02NE9505 | 41J02NE9505 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Deformed massive sulphides in mafic metavolcanics.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Sheared | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
May 07, 2012 (A Wilson) - A shear zone in mafic metavolcanics strikes E, and dips 80-85S. The zone is replaced in part by quartz, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite. The ore zone ranged in length from 315 to 1400 feet. It was 600 feet long at surface, 1400 feet long at the 1200 foot level, 450 feet long at the 3000 foot level and 315 feet long at the 4010 foot level. Between the surface and the 3000 foot level the width ranged from 7 to 14 feet; from the 3000 to 4010 foot level the width averaged 18 feet. The deepest mining level is at 4010 feet. Diamond drilling in 1954 returned average assays of 1.6% Cu, plus a trace of Co over 5-6 feet. Mineralization is hosted within a shear zone that splays off of the Murray Fault. The shear zone strikes to the eaat and dips 80-85° S.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1968 | 1814933 |
Copper 31960238 Pounds |
MDC 12 p. 65 | 70,460,264 lbs Cu from 2,000,621 tons milled (total prod. to the end of 1968) |
Map - Long and Spragge townships and part of Indian Reserve No. 7, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2186 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1970
Author: Abraham E.M., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Annual report on mineral industry operations in Ontario during calendar year 1970
Publication Number: ARV80 Page: 125-126 Date: 1998
Author: Matten E.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Spragge area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R076 Page: 90-94 Date: 1970
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 65 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Copper deposits and occurrences in the north shore region of Lake Huron, Ontario
Publication Number: Paper 83-28 Date: 1985
Author: Pearson, W N; Bretzlaff, R E; Carrière, J J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/120312
Publication - Copper metallogeny, north shore region of Lake Huron, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 79-1A
Publication Number: Paper 79-1A Page: 299 Date: 1979
Author: Pearson, W N
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/104860
Book - MR 68, DEPT OF MINES & TECH. SURVEYS, OTTAWA, P 47
Publication Number: MR68 Date: 1963
Author: A.F. Killins
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGO
Thesis - The Geology of Pater Mine
Publication Number: BSc Thesis Date: 1963
Author: Knight, C.J.
Publisher Name: University of Toronto
Location: SSM RGP
Thesis - Geology of the Pater Mine, Blind River Area, Ontario
Publication Number: MSc Thesis Date: 1963
Author: Beger, R.M.
Publisher Name: Michigan College of Mining and Technology
Location: SSM RGP
Mono - Annual report for the year 1964, statistics of the mineral industry and mining operations in Ontario for 1964
Publication Number: ARV74 Page: 111-112 Date: 1998
Author: Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 72 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Compend - Summary of field work, 1962, by the Geological Branch, Ontario Department of Mines
Publication Number: PR1962-04 Page: 18 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Article - Sault Ste. Marie District
Publication Number: MP046.004 Page: 102 Date: 1997
Author: Rupert R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Publication - Copper metallogeny, Lake Huron area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 78-1A
Publication Number: GSC Paper 78-1A Page: 266 Date: 1978
Author: Pearson, W.N.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103899
Thesis - Copper Metallogeny North Shore Region of Lake Huron, Ontario
Publication Number: PhD Thesis Page: 88-97 Date: 1980
Author: Pearson, W.N.
Publisher Name: Queen's University
Location: SSM RGP
Mono - Annual report of the Ontario Department of Mines for the year 1962, volume 72, statistical review of the mineral industry and mining operations for 1962
Publication Number: ARV72 Page: 112-113 Date: 1998
Author: Kelly T.J., Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Annual report of the Ontario Department of Mines for the year 1961, volume 71, statistical review of the mineral industry and mining operations for 1961
Publication Number: ARV71 Page: 108-109 Date: 1998
Author: Kelly T.J., Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Seventieth annual report of the Ontario Department of Mines, volume 70, mining operations in 1960, statistical review of the mining industry for 1960
Publication Number: ARV70 Page: 102 Date: 1998
Author: Kelly T.J., Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Annual report of the Ontario Department of Mines for the year 1963, volume 73, statistical review of the mineral industry and mining operations for 1963
Publication Number: ARV73 Page: 109-110 Date: 1998
Author: Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Spragge Township and Indian Reserve No. 7 (west half), District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0131 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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