Schumacher Mine

Past Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084906
MRDS ID W700134
Record type Site
Current site name Schumacher Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.29978, 48.46667 (WGS84)

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

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR TOWN OF SCHUMACHER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Pyritic, Sericitic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.29978, 48.46667

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratabound Carbonate-Rich Members

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Timmins Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KARVINEN, W.O., 1982, GEOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF GOLD DEPOSITS, TIMMINS AREA, ONTARIO, IN HODDER, R.W., AND PETRUK, WILLIAM, 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATIONS HAD BEEN SUSPENDED BY JANUARY, 1987.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.