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Ogama-Rockland Mine

Past Producer in Manitoba, Canada with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056354
MRDS ID TC00013
Record type Site
Current site name Ogama-Rockland Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.38172, 50.88334 (WGS84)
Relative position 26.6 KM SE OF BISSETT, 1.6 KM NORTH OF THE EAST END OF LONG LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Manitoba

Comments on the location information

  • RICE LAKE AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Diorite Is Altered To Quartz-Sericite Schist Within Shears

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Ross River Pluton
    Rock description Ross River Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.38172, 50.88334
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike 313 (OGAMA), 330 (ROCKLAND)
    Dip 82 NE (OGAMA); 80 NE (ROCKLAND)
  • General form LENSE
    Strike 313 (OGAMA), 330 (ROCKLAND)
    Dip 82 NE (OGAMA); 80 NE (ROCKLAND)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Discoverer W.A. Quesnel And W.Walton
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1951
Production years 1942, 1948-1951

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ogama-Rockland

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period 1942-1951
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^11.2 G/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 11g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 314M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 314 M. AND 83 M.

Comments on development

  • DRILLED IN 1966, LINECUTTING AND GEOPHYSICS IN 1979 & 1980; GEOPHYSICAL MAPPING AND GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY IN 1981; FEASIBILITY OF CUSTOM MILLING TEST IN 1982, GRADES TOO LOW; 3-HOLE DRILL PROGRAM IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOGWILL, DOUGLAS, AND BAMBURAK, JAMES, 1987, MINING IN MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES, MINERAL EDUCATION SERIES, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, D.J., AND OSTRY, G., 1987, GOLD DEPOSITS OF MANITOBA: MANITOBA ENERGY AND MINES ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPORT ER86-1, 91 P.

  • Production

    FOGWILL AND BAMBURAK, 1987, P. 25.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OGAMA AND ROCKLAND SHEARS; OGAMA SHEAR IS 245 M. LONG, 0.6 TO 1.5 M. WIDE; ROCKLAND, A BRANCH OF THE OGAMA, IS 120 M. LONG, 1.8 TO 6.0 M. WIDE. NO DIRECTION GIVEN FOR STRIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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