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| Record Name(s) | Mamainse Mine - 1926 |
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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-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Ryan
Latitude: 47° 3' 21.81" Longitude: -84° 45' 42.56"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 669977.574 Northing: 5213824.566 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N02SW
Point Location Description: 3 shafts
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 25 metres west of Highway 17, 2.5 kilometres north of the south boundary of McDonnell Mining Location.
Pre-historic - Pits and trenches by aboriginal tribes for native copper. Circa 1600 - Prospecting and mining by Alexander Henry for the Northwest company. 1842-1848 - Mining locations surveyed for Montreal Mining Co. and Quebec and Lake Superior Mining Association. 1848-1852 - Prospecting, shaft sinking and some production of copper from the area. 1882-1884 - Mamainse Mine developed by the Lake Superior Native Copper Company. Three shafts sunk to depths of 60, 280, and 320 ft; 4 levels established; stamp mill, service facilities, and village constructed by Lake Superior Native Copper Company. No production was recorded. 1948-53 9 Drill holes were put down by Macassa Mines, Ltd and (or) by C.C. Huston and Associates.
Province: Southern
Supergroup: Keweenawan Supergroup
Geological Age: Late Precambrian
Dec 07, 2005 (G Bennett) - A fissure filled carbonate vein, sparsely mineralized with native copper, cuts Middle Keweenawan basalt. The vein strikes N25W, and dips 50E. The vein has been traced for a length of 1500 ft, and the width ranges from 1.5 to 13 ft.
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - A fissure-filling carbonate vein with sparse native copper cuts Middle Keweenawan basalt. The vein strikes N25W and dips 50E. The vein has been traced for a length of 1500 feet and the width ranges from 1.5 to 13 feet.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Copper | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue |
Map - Mamainse Point area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0554 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Mamainse Point copper area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: M1953-01 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E., Bonkoff E.J., Goettler G.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Geology of the Mamainse Point copper area
Publication Number: ARV62-04 Page: 21-25 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Batchawana, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2251 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1974
Author: Giblin P.E., Armburst G.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 57 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Batchawana synoptic project, Mamainse Point-Pancake Bay sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P3062 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1987
Author: Grunsky E.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report Of The Royal Commission On The Mineral Resources Of Ontario And Measures For Their Development
Publication Number: NSP011 Date: 1998
Author:
Publisher Name:
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Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 141 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Compend - Report of Activities 1992, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP161 Page: 209 Date: 1993
Author: Fenwick K.G., Pitts A.E., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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