Kanichee Mining

Past Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Nickel, Platinum, Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039243
MRDS ID M046838
Record type Site
Current site name Kanichee Mining
Alternate or previous names Cuniptau Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.9164, 47.33332 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 MILES SOUTH OF TOWN OF COBALT, WEST OF LAKE TIMISKAMING NEAR TIMAGAMI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.9164, 47.33332

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kanichee Mining Inc.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 194000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.42 wt-pct Nickel Major 1973
    Copper Cu 0.75 wt-pct Copper Major 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1973 , KANICHEE MINING INC.: CAN. MINES HANDBOOK 1973 , P. 181 , 420

  • Deposit

    HOGAN, J.J., 1977 , PLATINUM METALS: CANADIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1974 , P. 395

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.