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| Record Name(s) | Will Echo 1,2 - 1977, Lun Echo Zones 1 and 2 - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Lead, Gold
Township or Area: Mapledoram
Latitude: 49° 10' 48.19" Longitude: -85° 53' 16.86"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 581039 Northing: 5448067 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42F04NW
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Adits located within meters and 500m west of Will Echo 3 pits respectively. The adits are ~300m apart and are located on the NW slope of a large scarp or hill of outcrop. A large valley, in which Nama Creek flows in a southerly direction is located to the west of the adits. The same road connects this occurrence with the Will Echo main shaft area, the Big Nama and the Willroy deposits further west for ~5km of strike length.
1953-64: Willroy Mines Ltd. and Lun-Echo Gold Mines Ltd. – surface work, geophysical surveys , DD, shaft construction, underground development. 1965: production commences.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Silver | Economic | Ore |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Willecho Mine | 1976 | Unclassified | 759448 | Noranda Inc. (Chronicle Journal, 25/10/98) & Willroy Mines Annual Report 1976. | Willecho & Wilroy combined reserves of 759,448 T @ 4.42% Zn, 0.28%Cu, 1.47opt Ag. Mine was closed in 1977, so these would have been exhausted. |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1977 | 3444799 |
Silver 7442592 Ounces Copper 19635.35 Tonnes Zinc 133313.2 Tonnes |
McKay DB, 1994. OFR5906, Mineral Occurrences of the Manitouwadge Area, Vol.1, p12. | Mine closed 1977, Production: 3,797,241 tons @ 0.57% Cu, 3.87% Zn,1.96oz/t Ag. |
Part - Geology of the Manitouwadge area
Publication Number: ARV66-08 Page: 92-93 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 295-296 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Manitouwadge area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario
Publication Number: M1957-08 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Mineral Occurrences in the Manitouwadge Area, Volumes 1, 2 and 3
Publication Number: OFR5906 Date: 1994
Author: McKay D.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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