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Mattagami Lake Mine

Producer in Quebec, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133385
MAS/MILS ID 1220500011
Record type Site
Current site name Mattagami Lake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -77.71634, 49.7167 (WGS84)
Elevation 270
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -77.71634, 49.7167
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 460HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATABOUND
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 MASS SULFIDE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 54
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 28
    Total Surface Area (HA) 460
    Date of Last Modification 830712

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Year of first production 1963

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mattagami Lake Mines Ltd. (Les Mines Lac Mattagami Ltec)
    Home office Canada
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Noranda Mines Ltd. (Les Mines Noranda Ltec)
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1981

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Measured 6916000mt ore
    Demonstrated 6916000mt ore
    Total resources 6916000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.51 g/mt Gold Minor 1978
    Zinc Zn 7.3 wt-pct Zinc Major 1978
    Silver Ag 30.9 g/mt Silver Minor 1978
    Copper Cu 0.6 wt-pct Copper Major 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1C1=M9C4. P.A.&H STANDS FOR PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OTHER COMBINED METHODS
    Percent Recovery 85
    Capacity 5677
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 17.67
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • PRECIPITATION: 80 CM RAIN, 240 CM SNOW, THE GROUND IS MOSTLY COVERED WITH GLACIAL DRIFT UP TO 30 M.

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE MATTAGAMI LAKE CONCENTRATOR IS ADJACENT TO MATTAGAMI LAKE MINE AND 11 KM FROM NORITA MINE. ORE IS HAULED BY TRUCK TO THE MILL.
  • AT MATTYGAMI LAKE THE ORE IS MINED BY BLASTHOLE STOPING METHODS USING BACKFILL. AT NORITA, SUBLEVEL STOPING METHODS AND BLASTHOLE STOPING UNDER FILL IS USED, ORCHAN MINE PRODUCTION ENDS EARLY 1982. P.A.&H. ESTIMATES THE RATIO OF MATTAGAMI LAKE MINE ORE TO NORITA MINE ORE IS 2:1.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    KONIGSMANN, K.V., D.W. HENDRIKS AND C. DAOUST, COMPUTER

  • Production

    CONTROL OF FLOTATION AT MATTAGAMI LAKE MINES; CIM BULL.,

  • Production

    MARCH, 1976, P.117-121.

  • Production

    HENDRICKS, DAVID W., CAMILLE, MARCOUX AND GERALD VEILLETTE,

  • Production

    D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM

  • Production

    SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.177-180.

  • Production

    KNAPP, J.B. AND K.V. KONIGSMANN, THE MATTAGAME STORY:

  • Production

    MILLING OPERATIONS; CIM BULL., AUG., 1966, P.985-995.

  • Geology

    ROBERTS, R. GWILYNM, THE GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF THE MATTAGAMI

  • Geology

    LAKE MINE, QUEBEC: A VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE

  • Geology

    DEPOSIT; ECON. GEOL., VOL. 70, 1975, P.115-129.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.194.

  • Workings

    IGLESIAS, J.H., THE MATTAGAMI STORY: MINE PRODUCTION AND

  • Workings

    PRODUCTION; CIM BULL, AUG., 1966, P.979-984.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, MINING MASIVE PILLARS MAINSTARY AT MATTAGAMI

  • Deposit

    LAKE; MAY 18, 1978, P.B4.

  • Deposit

    REF-GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC MINERALS OF CANADA,1972,P.188,193.

  • Deposit

    AUG., 1966, P.996-1001.

  • Deposit

    CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS, CANADIAN RESERVES OF

  • Deposit

    COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLD

  • Deposit

    AS OF JAN.1, 1978, EMR CANADA, MINERALS,MR 185,1979,

  • Deposit

    P.11.

  • Deposit

    CROCKER, C.S., "THE MATTAGAMI STORY...PLANT SERVICES", THE

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING AND METALLURGICAL BULLETIN, AUGUST 1966,

  • Deposit

    P.996-1001.

  • Deposit

    FISH, RICHARD, FOUR MINES AT MATTAGAMI (SIC) MEAN GREATER

  • Deposit

    EFFICIENCY", CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1980, P.44-53.

  • Deposit

    JENNY, C.P., "GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MATTAGAMI AREA

  • Deposit

    QUEBEC", ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 56, 1961, P.740-757.

  • Deposit

    SHARPE, JOHN I., "GEOLOGY AND SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF THE MATTA-

  • Deposit

    GAMI AREA", GEOLOGICAL REPORT 137, QUEBEC DEPARTMENT OF

  • Deposit

    NATURAL RESOURCES, 1968.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE MINES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS DEPOSIT. THEY ARE: MATTAGAMI LAKE MINE, NORITA MINE, ORCHAN MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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