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Sturgeon Lake & Mattagami Prospect Ag Cu Zn Pb

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Gold
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  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. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073139
MRDS ID W018983
Record type Site
Current site name Sturgeon Lake & Mattagami Prospect Ag Cu Zn Pb
Alternate or previous names Boundary & Group 23 Orebodies

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.74971, 44.49999 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 KM E OF MATTABI MINE, 1 KM S OF LYON LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Comments on the location information

  • LAT AND LONG ARE APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.74971, 44.49999
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1970
Discoverer Falconbridge
Year of first production 1975

Mining district

District name Sturgeon Lake Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sturgeon Lake Mines Ltd
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sturgeon, Mattagami

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 1910000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 210 g/mt Silver Major 1973
    Zinc Zn 10.64 wt-pct Zinc Major 1973
    Copper Cu 2.98 wt-pct Copper Major 1973
    Lead Pb 1.47 wt-pct Lead Major 1973
    Gold Au 0.69 g/mt Gold Minor 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 750000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 180 g/mt Silver Major 1973
    Zinc Zn 9.19 wt-pct Zinc Major 1973
    Copper Cu 1.22 wt-pct Copper Major 1973
    Lead Pb 1.4 wt-pct Lead Major 1973
    Gold Au 0.51 g/mt Gold Minor 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 - STURGEON LAKE MINES LTD INCLUDING 20% OF WHICH WAS PURCHASED FROM MATTAGAMI. ITEM 2 - MATTAGAMI LAKE MINES LTD.
  • ITEM ONE - STURGEON LAKE MINES LTD INCLUDING 20% WHICH WAS PURCHASED FROM MATTAGAMI. ITEM 2 - MATTAGAMI LAKE MINES LTD.

Comments on development

  • DEV$: 16.9 ; EXPAN$: 3 ; MILL.CAP: 1089 MTPD ; ECON.YEAR: 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1970 DIREXPL FALCONBRIDGE, ORE FOUND, OPEN PIT

  • Deposit

    1971 DIREXPL MATTAGAMI, ORE FOUND

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974 - 75 P 203, 313.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN ORE ZONE CALLED BOUNDARY IS 20% ON MATTAGAMI PROPERTY. FALCONBRIDGE PURCHASED THIS ORE TO 360 FT TO BE MINED AS PART OF THEIR STUREEON LAKE OPEN PIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

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