Langmuir Mine

Past Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodity Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206178
MAS/MILS ID 1220400066
Record type Site
Current site name Langmuir Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.34398, 48.0556 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

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
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.34398, 48.0556

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Noranda Mines Ltd
    Interest 55
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner International Nickel Co Of Canada
    Interest 45
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Measured 490000mt ore
    Demonstrated 490000mt ore
    Total resources 490000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.3 wt-pct Nickel Major 1978

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Capacity 635
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 315
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    LINDSAY, ROY D., THE LANGMUIR CONCENTRATOR; D.E. PICKETT,

  • Production

    ED., IN MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME

  • Production

    16, 1978, P.148, 149.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.194.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, FEB., 1974, P.75.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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