Temagami Copper Deposit

Past Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103707
MRDS ID M046197
Record type Site
Current site name Temagami Copper Deposit
Alternate or previous names Temagami Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -85.83252, 50.07311 (WGS84)
Relative position ON TEMAGAMI ISLAND, LAKE TEMAGAMI, 62 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH BAY

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
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hessite Ore
Siderite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -85.83252, 50.07311

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Timiskaming Mining Div.

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION $34,000,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • BECAME INACTIVE IN 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CABRI ET AL, 1973, TEMAGAMITE: CAN. MINERALOGIST, V. 12, P. 193 - 198

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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