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Thierry

Past Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver
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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. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303461
MAS/MILS ID 1220400060
Record type Site
Current site name Thierry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.34183, 51.50002 (WGS84)
Elevation 380
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Hyalophane Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pentlandite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.34183, 51.50002
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E
    Dip 50N
    Thickness 70M
    Length 1000M
    Width 55M
    Depth to top 300M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Strike And Dip N55E:50N
    Minimum Depth to Top 10
    Date of Last Modification 810327
  • Area 400HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 400
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1970
Year of first production 1976
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Pickle Lake

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Etruscan Enterprises Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1992
    First year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1976
    Description Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1977
    Description 876000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1978
    Description 836000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1979
    Description 956000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1980
    Description 1080000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1981
    Description 903000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1982
    Description Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1983
    Description Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1984
    Description Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1985
    Description Mt Ore/Yr

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Indicated 11986999mt ore
    Demonstrated 11986999mt ore
    Total resources 11986999mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.52 wt-pct Copper Major 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Measured 15000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 15000000mt ore
    Total resources 15000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.63 wt-pct Copper Major 1976
    Nickel Ni 0.2 wt-pct Nickel Minor 1976
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Indicated 9000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 9000000mt ore
    Total resources 9000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.6 wt-pct Copper Major 1985
    Nickel Ni 0.16 wt-pct Nickel Minor 1985
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Indicated 2700000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2700000mt ore
    Total resources 2700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.78 wt-pct Copper Major 1992
    Nickel Ni 0.25 wt-pct Nickel Minor 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 6350000mt ore
    Total resources 6350000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.88 wt-pct Copper Major 1990
    Nickel Ni 0.23 wt-pct Nickel Minor 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 50000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.31 wt-pct Copper Major 1990
    Nickel Ni 0.1 wt-pct Nickel Minor 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • WHOLLY OWNED SUB OF UNION MINIERE CANADA LTD. ( 97% OWNED BY UNION MINIERE S.A., BRUSSELS ) CURRENT RESERVES DERIVED BY SUBTRACTING PRODUCTION FROM INITIAL RESERVES.
  • MARTIX 1 ; ORE TONNAGE CAMES FROM CRANSTONE AND WILLIAMS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES,CANADA,MR 185: UNION MINIERE EXPLORATIONS (THIERRY MINE),1979. RESERVES AS OF JAN. 78 WERE ADJUSTED (FOR PRODUCTION) TO AS JAN. 1980. SILVER AND GOLD GRADES COME FROM THE SAME SOURCE. COPPER AND NICKEL GRADES COME FROM MINING MAGAZINE, OCT., 19 P 315. MATRIX 2 ;ORE TONNAGE AND GRADES COME FROM GOLDER REPORT, PAGE 5, 1980. GOLDER REPORTS A TONNAGE OF 63 TO 90 MILLION TONNES, AVERAGE ( 76,500 TONNES WAS ENTERED). THE GOLD AND SILVER MINERAL FORMS ARE UNKNOWN TO THE EVALUATOR.
  • SOURCE: MR213, P.197

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 543M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Percent Waste Rock 18.2
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 3600
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 10.75
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    ABLETT, J.F. AND IAN WARD, UMEX CORPORATION LTD.-THIERRY

  • Production

    MILL; D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA,

  • Production

    CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.150, 151.

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    COPPER,NICKES,LEAD,ZINC,MOLYBDENUM,SILVER AND GOLD AS

  • Reserve-Resource

    OF JAN;1, 1980 P. 14, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND

  • Reserve-Resource

    RESOURCES,CANADA, M.R. 185, 1978.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOLDER ASSOCIATES REPORT: DEPOSIT PROFILE THIERRY, ONTARIO

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADA, MARCH, 1980, 22P., U.S. BUREAU OF MINE CONTRACT

  • Reserve-Resource

    J02950059.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1986-87, NORTHERN MINER PRESS,P.374.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINE RESERVES AND CURRENTLY PROMISING DEPOSITS, JAN. 1985,

  • Reserve-Resource

    EMR CANADA, MR 209, P. 30.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 7/13/92, P.3.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ETRUSCAN ENTERPRISES LTD., PRESS RELEASE, 7/10/90.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 7/16/90, P.1.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-79. PP. 297, 330.

  • Deposit

    CAVEN, ROGER J. GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYING AT THE UMEX THIERRY

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT. CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, OCT. 1976, PP. 34-43.

  • Deposit

    FISH, RICHARD. PROSPERITY RETURNS TO OLD GOLD CAMP.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, DEC. 1976, PP. 8-28.

  • Deposit

    SHILLABEER, JOHN H. ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AT THE DESIGN

  • Deposit

    STAGE OF A NEW MINE; CIM BULL., APRIL, 1976, P.63-67.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, THIERRY GO-AHEAD FOR 1976, JUNE, 1975,

  • Deposit

    P.413,414.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, COPPER/NICKEL PRODUCER OPENS IN CANADA;

  • Deposit

    OCT., 1976, P.315.

  • Deposit

    GOLDER ASSOCIATES REPORT ON THIERRY MINE. U.S. BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES CONTRACT J02950059, MARCH, 1980, 22P.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 2/26/88, P.153,155

  • Deposit

    UNION MINIERE, 1975 ANNUAL REPORT.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1988-89, P.450.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P.149.

  • Deposit

    ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MR-233, 1989, ONT-563.

Comments on the references

  • THE COMPANY OR PROPERTY IS NO LONGER LISTED ON THE 1993 CANADIAN HANDBOOK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-94 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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