Stanleigh Mine

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084912
MRDS ID W700158
Record type Site
Current site name Stanleigh Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.64012, 46.40305 (WGS84)
Relative position PENELOPE, 1 1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELLIOTT LAKE, TOWNSHIP 149

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blind River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brannerite Ore
Monazite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 193
USGS model code 29a
Deposit model name Quartz pebble conglomerate Au-U (BC name is Paleoplacer U-Au-PGE-Sn-Ti

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Matinenda Formation
    Rock description Matinenda Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.64012, 46.40305

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elliot Lake

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rio Algom Ltd.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ANNIS AND CRANSTONE (1976) REPORTED "SEVERAL MILLION TONS" OF 0.1% U3O8.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON, JAMES A., 1968, URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN ONTARIO: ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR NO. 9, 106 P.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON, J.A., 1968, GEOLOGY OF TOWNSHIP 149 AND TOWNSHIP 150, DISTRICT OF ALGOMA: ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES GEOLOGICAL REPORT 57, 162 P.

  • Deposit

    ANNIS, R.C., CRANSTONE, D.A., AND VALLEE, M., 1976, A SURVEY OF KNOWN MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED: CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES, 92 P.

  • Deposit

    MOSIER, DAN, 1988, WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, 1984, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN 1983: CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES MINERAL BULLETIN MR 198, 308 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 URANIUM-BEARING CONGLOMERATE BEDS ARE SEPARATED BY QUARTZITE BED 5 FT TO 22 FT THICK. THE DEPOSIT HAS A SHALLOW DIP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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