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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Langmuir Mine - 1973, Langmuir #2 - 1977, Noranda Langmuir 1-64 Group - 1964, Langmuir Deposit - 1979, Shoniwigwam Group - 1927, R. Lasalle Group - 1969, Langmuir North - 1973
Related Record Type Compound
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1986-Jan-07
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-10
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Gold, Copper, Chromium, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Langmuir

Latitude: 48° 20' 29.38"    Longitude: -81° 0' 6.7"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 499862   Northing: 5354257    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06SE

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Follow the Springs Road 25 km south from South Porcupine to the mine site on the west shore of Carmen Bay.



Exploration History

1916: claims staked. 1921: property patented. 1959-60: Texas Gulf Sulphur - ground geophysics, 2 ddh (194.1 m). 1964-65: Mining Corporation of Canada Limited - ground geophysics, diamond drilling. 196: Mespi Mines Limited: airborne geophysics. 1966-72: Inco Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics, 32 ddh (7091.5 m); in 1972 a shaft was sunk to 444.4 m with 8 levels established. 1972-73: Noranda Mines Limited - mine in development; in production 1974-77, mine closed in 1978. 1991-92: Timmins Nickel Ltd. - compilation, 11 ddh. 1995?-03 - Liberty Mineral Exploration Ltd. - property acquisition, ground geophysics, airborne geophysics .2005-2009: Inspiration Mining Corporation - DD-170-34229 ft


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1018 / 63A.453 42A06SE0075 42A06SE0075
T-1018 / 63.1559 42A07SW0091 42A07SW0091
T-0964 / 63.2044 42A06SE0113 42A06SE0113
T-0964 / 63.1400 42A06NE0273 42A06NE0273
T-4473 / OM92-019 42A07SW0032 42A07SW0032
T-1018/ 63.1635 42A06SE0074 42A06SE0074
T-0964 / 2.126 / #131/70 42A06SE0010 42A06SE0010
T-4953 / 2.26599 / W 0360.01748 42A07SW2012 42A07SW2012
T-4734 / 2.23649 42A07SW2009 42A07SW2009

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Komatiite Host
Felsic Tuff 2 Flows, Tuffs Footwall
Sulphide Ironstone 3 Sulphide-Facies Near
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 4 Flows Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The deposit is located in a sequence of extrusive ultramafic rocks lying atop a volcano-sedimentary pile composed of felsic-intermeidate volcanic rocks including abundant crystal tuff and localized cherty-sulphide iron formation.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PentlanditeEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2MagnetiteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Contact

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Regular

Site Visit Information

Date: Mar 08, 2004

Geologist: A Wilson

Notes: The sulphides occur as massive thin concordant lenses 0.3-2.5 m thick overlain by disseminated or net-textured mineralization 1 to 3 m thick. Minor ore also occurs interstitial to olivine blades in some spinifex-textured flow tops. disseminated pyrite is common in the footwall volcanic rocks and locally, grades of 0.8 to 1.0% Ni are encountered.



Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Langmuir North Deposit 2010 Indicated Mineral Resource 8324000 NI 43-101 rpt 06/01/2010 p. 141 Nickel 0.40 Percent
Langmuir #2 1992 Unclassified 1400000 Timmins Nickel 1992 Exploration Summary in T-4473 Nickel 1.87 Percent
Langmuir #2 South 1990 Unclassified 203210 Timmins Nickel Inc. 1990 Annual Report 200,000 tons @ 1.5% Ni Nickel 1.5 Percent
Langmuir 1978 Unclassified 544311 MP084 p. 51 Quotes Timmins Daily Press, January 1978 Nickel 1.45 Percent
Langmuir 1977 Unclassified 588491 MP078 p. 53 Quotes The Northern Miner, Oct. 13 1977 Nickel 1.3 Percent
Langmuir #2 1976 Unclassified 777778 1979 OGS Study 20, p. 8-19 857528 tons @ 1.75 % Ni Nickel 1.75 Percent
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1978 59354 Scanned historical production file 65427 tons mined
1977 201998 Scanned historical production file 222665 tons mined
1976 250355 Scanned historical production file 275969 tons mined
1975 244707 Scanned historical production file 269743 tons mined
1974 193399 Scanned historical production file 213186 tons mined
1973 48475 Scanned historical production file 53435 tons mined

References

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: 42A-153  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


File - Resident Geologist files T-0451, T-3618

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Langmuir and Blackstock townships, Timiskaming District

Publication Number: M2206 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1970

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1982

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Langmuir Township, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: P0444 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Langmuir and Blackstock townships, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R086 Page: 41-43  Date: 1970

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1998

Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name:

Location:


Mono - Nickel sulphide deposits associated with ultramafic rocks of the Abitibi belt and economic potential of mafic-ultramafic intrusions

Publication Number: S020 Page: 8-19  Date: 1979

Author: Coad P.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Langmuir-Sheraton area, districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM49H Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Timmins area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R219 Page: 102-104  Date: 1982

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology of Carman and Langmuir Townships

Publication Number: P3268 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2005

Author: Houlé M.G., Guilmette C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Thesis - Evolution of Fe-Ni sulfide ores associated with Archean ultramafic komatiites, Langmuir Township, Ontario

Publication Number: PhD Thesis Date: 1978

Author: Green, A.H.

Publisher Name: University of Toronto

Location: Timmins RGP Office


Article - 1977 report of Northern Regional Geologist and Timmins Resident Geologist

Publication Number: MP078.005 Page: 53  Date: 1997

Author: Tihor L.A., Hunt D.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - 1976 report of the Northern Regional Geologist and Timmins Resident Geologist

Publication Number: MP071.005 Page: 64  Date: 1997

Author: Karvinen W.O., Hunt D.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - 1975 report of the Northern Regional Geologist and Timmins Resident Geologist

Publication Number: MP064.005 Page: 62  Date: 1997

Author: Karvinen W.O., Hunt D.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Article - 1974 report of the Northern Regional Geologist and Timmins Resident Geologist

Publication Number: MP060.005 Date: 1997

Author: Karvinen W.O., Hunt D.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Article - Timmins District

Publication Number: MP057.008 Date: 1997

Author: Bright E.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Article - Timmins District

Publication Number: MP054.008 Page: 166  Date: 1998

Author: Bright E.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Thesis - Petrological Study of the Ultramafic Rocks of the Shaw Dome

Publication Number: MSc Thesis Page: 171-179  Date: 1975

Author: Muir, T.L.

Publisher Name: Queen's University

Location: Timmins RGP Office


Part - Geology of the Langmuir-Sheraton area

Publication Number: ARV49-04 Date: 1997

Author: Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - Timmins Nickel Inc., 1990 Annual Report

Publication Number: Annual Report Date: 1990

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


Book - Timmins Nickel Inc., 1991 Annual Report

Publication Number: Annual Report Date: 1991

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


Publication - Technical Report on the Initial Mineral Resource Estimate for the Langmuir North And Langmuir #1 Nickel Deposits, Langmuir Township, Ontario, Canada, 198p.

Publication Number: NI 43-101 rpt Date: 2010

Author: R. Pressacco, R. Gowans, J. Steedman

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGO


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