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Macassa Mine

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084897
MRDS ID W700124
Record type Site
Current site name Macassa Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.08307, 48.14999 (WGS84)
Relative position TWO MILES WEST OF KIRKLAND LAKE

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
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TELLURIDES HAVE GOLD INCLUSIONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calaverite Ore
Gold Ore
Petzite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.08307, 48.14999
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thrust Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kirkland Lake

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.48 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 14g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PLOEGER, F.R., AND CROCKET, J.H., 1982, RELATIONSHIP OF GOLD TO SYENITIC INTRUSIVE ROCKS IN KIRKLAND LAKE, IN HODDER, R.W., AND PETRUK, WILLIAM, EDS., GEOLOGY OF CANADIAN GOLD DEPOSITS: CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, 286 P.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1985, GOLD DEPOSITS GUIDEBOOK: MINOBRAS MINING SERVICES, 146 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1987 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey

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