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Redstone Nickel Mine

Plant in Ontario, Canada with commodities Cobalt, Nickel
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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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206403
MAS/MILS ID 1220400124
Record type Site
Current site name Redstone Nickel Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.19978, 48.00001 (WGS84)

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
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.19978, 48.00001
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Timmins Nickel
    Interest 51
    Year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bhp Minerals
    Interest 49
    Year 1993
    Last year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Mining Corp. Holdings Ltd (Wmc)
    Year 1993

Comments on the ownership information

  • WMC HAS FARMED INTO A PROPERTY NEAR TIMMONS IN ONTARIO WHICH IS BELIEVED TO INCLUDE THE REDSTONE MINE. THE MINE WAS BROUGHT ON LINE IN 1989 AND HAS BEEN CLOSED. *(4/93) BHP MINERALS HAD 49% OF THE MINE BUT SOLD OUT MORE THAN 2 YEARS AGO.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 300000mt ore
    Total resources 300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 2.21 wt-pct Nickel Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINING JOURNAL 2/10/89 PG 104 PROVEN RESERVE OF 410,000 @ 2.9 NICKEL & BYPROD COMMODITIES. RESOURCE NOT STATED, BUT PROBABLY MUCH LARGER.
  • RECOVERABLE COBALT, BUT NO GRADE DATA AVAIL. MINE IS LOCATED NEAR TIMMINS, ONTARIO. SHERRITT IS PURCHASING CONCENTRATE. IN 1989, PRODUCTION DROPPED TO 680 MT DUE TO LOW NI PRICES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    *NICKEL NEWS, JAN. 9, 1993, ISSUE 2/52, P. 3.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE, 1993

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 40.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VOL 100, NO.123 AMER. METAL MKT STATED THAT TIMMINS RECEIVED NOTICE THAT THE LEASE ON THE CARSHAW MILL HAS BEEN TERMINATED DUE TO NONPAYMENT. AS A RESULT THE MINE ISBEING OPERATED AT A REDUCED LEVEL AND TEMP. CLOSURE IDS BEING CONSIDERED.(7/92)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-AUG-1994 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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