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| Record Name(s) | Stanleigh Mine - 1957 |
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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-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Township or Area: Gunterman
Latitude: 46° 24' 40.65" Longitude: -82° 38' 23.11"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 373975 Northing: 5141053 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J07NE
Point Location Description: No 1 shaft
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: No. 1 Shaft is near south east shore of Penelope Lake.
1956: Two shafts were sunk to 3792 feet and 3650 feet, respectively. Construction of a 3000 ton per day mill began, and was completed in 1957. 1958: A total of 583,208 tons of ore were milled. In the final two quarters, 720,531 pounds of U308 were recovered from 372,848 tons of ore with an average millhead grade of 2.07 pounds per ton U308. 1959: The No. 1 shaft was deepened to 3,846 feet. Total production was 949,119 tons of ore from which 1,939,099 pounds of U308 were recovered. 1960: Production was 293,311 tons of ore milled, at a grade of 2.11 pounds U308 per ton, from which 464,741 pounds of U308 were recovered. Stanleigh Uranium Mining Corporation and Preston East Dome Mines Limited amalgamated to form Preston Mines Limited. Production ceased in November 1960. 1978: construction and development to bring mine to production with a mill rate of 4250 tons per day. 1996: Mine closure.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| GUNTERMAN 17-E1 | 41J07NE0105 | 41J07NE0105 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (G Bennett) - Over the greater part of the property, surface exposures are of sparse conglomerate and minor feldspathic quartzite of the Gowganda Formation cut by northwesterly-trending and west-trending diabase dikes. Between Stanleigh and Milliken mines the Nordic quartz diabase sill-like intrusion lies near the south boundary of the property. The behavious of this property at depth is not known precisely but it is believed that the attitude steepens and the body may become dike-like. In the eastern part of the property (northeast of Sheriff Lake) the members of the Bruce Group between the Upper Mississagi Formation and the Espanola Limestone are exposed and the unconformable relationship of the Gowganda Formation to the Espanola Limestone and Espanola Greywacke can be seen.
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Uraniferous oligomictic conglomerate of the Matinenda Formation. Two beds of ore grade conglomerate, each about 10 feet thick are separated by a quartzite bed 5 to 22 feet thick. These beds strike east and dip 8 to 10 N.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brannerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Monazite | Economic | Ore |
Date: Aug 23, 1999
Geologist: G Bennett
Notes: Two beds of ore-grade conglomerate, each about 10 feet thick, are seperated by a quartzite bed 5 to 22 feet thick. These beds strike east-west and dip 8 degrees to 10 degrees north. The conglomerate beds are correlated with the Nordic and basal reefs which are the principal ore beds at the other mines on the Nordic channel. There is also evidence of a third reef higher in the sequence belived to be correlatable with the Pardee reef.
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 27000000 | Rio Algom Ltd. | total production 1983-96 | |
| 1960 | 2500000 | Rio Algom Ltd. | total production 1958-60 |
Map - Township 149, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2113 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1967
Author: Abraham E.M., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Township 149 [Gunterman Township], District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0193 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Robertson J.A., Abraham E.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Blind River-Elliot Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0304 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Township 149 and Township 150, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R057 Page: 110-113 Date: 1968
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2108 Date: 1967
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC009 Page: 35-36 Date: 1968
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1979
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC025 Page: 27-28 Date: 1984
Author: Robertson J.A., Gould K.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Huronian geology and the Blind River uranium deposits
Publication Number: OFR5430 Page: 69 Date: 1983
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Compend - Report of activities, 1983, Regional and Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP117 Page: 180 Date: 1984
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Compend - Report of activities, 1984, Regional and Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP122 Page: 209 Date: 1985
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Sault Ste. Marie Resident Geologist's District - 1990
Publication Number: MP152.010 Page: 203 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Leahy E.J., Walmsley J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Sault Ste. Marie Resident Geologist's District-1991
Publication Number: MP158.012 Page: 215 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Leahy E.J., Walmsley J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Compend - Report of Activities 1992, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP161 Page: 207 Date: 1993
Author: Fenwick K.G., Pitts A.E., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 1993, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: OFR5892 Page: 277 Date: 1994
Author: Baker C.L., Dressler B.O., Mason J.K., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 1994, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: OFR5921 Page: 231 Date: 1995
Author: Baker C.L., Dressler B.O., Laderoute D.G., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 1995, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: OFR5943 Page: 304, 318 Date: 1996
Author: Baker C.L., Fyon J.A., Laderoute D.G., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 1996, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: OFR5958 Page: 10-2 Date: 1997
Author: Newsome J.W., Laderoute D.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - URANIUM DEPOSITS OF CANADA
Publication Number: CIM Vol 33 Date: 1986
Author: Evans, E.L.
Publisher Name: CIM
Location: Sault Ste. Marie RGP
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