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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Stanleigh Mine - 1957
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-May-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Uranium



Location

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.



Exploration History

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.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
GUNTERMAN 17-E1 41J07NE0105 41J07NE0105

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

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.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1BranneriteEconomicOre
2UraniniteEconomicOre
3MonaziteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Site Visit Information

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.



Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1996 27000000 Rio Algom Ltd. total production 1983-96
1960 2500000 Rio Algom Ltd. total production 1958-60

References

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Publication Number: OFR5430 Page: 69  Date: 1983

Author: Robertson J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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