| Deposit ID | 10158064 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 1220400065 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Totten Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | No Alternate Names |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.45949, 46.37859 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 390 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Canada | Ontario |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Cobalt Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| PGE Critical | Tertiary |
| Palladium Critical | Tertiary |
| Platinum Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Gersdorffite | Unknown |
| Niccolite | Unknown |
| Pentlandite | Unknown |
| Pyrrhotite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -81.45949, 46.37859 |
|---|
| Length | 600M | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | 52.5M | ||||||
| |||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Mining method | Combined Methods |
| Year of first production | 1964 |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| District name | Sudbury |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | International Nickel Co Of Canada |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Canada |
| Year | 1981 |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 6300000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 6300000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 6300000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall depth | 1200M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 1220400065 |
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| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 05-JAN-1995 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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