Mattabi

Past Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303482
MAS/MILS ID 1220400007
Record type Site
Current site name Mattabi

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -98.98466, 49.88109 (WGS84)
Elevation 420
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brandon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -98.98466, 49.88109

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85W
    Dip 75N
    Length 550M
    Width 914M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STRATABOUND
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N85W:75N
    Date of Last Modification 830812

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
Year of first production 1972
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Sturgeon Lake

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mattagami
    Interest 60
    Home office Canada
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Abitibi Paper Co., Ltd.
    Interest 40
    Home office Canada
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Mattabi Mines Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1981

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Measured 3830000mt ore
    Demonstrated 3830000mt ore
    Total resources 3830000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 94.7 g/mt Silver Major 1978
    Lead Pb 0.74 wt-pct Lead Major 1978
    Copper Cu 57 wt-pct Copper Major 1978
    Zinc Zn 7.21 wt-pct Zinc Major 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 2600000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2600000mt ore
    Total resources 2600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 93.3 g/mt Silver Major 1977
    Lead Pb 71 wt-pct Lead Major 1977
    Copper Cu 57 wt-pct Copper Major 1977
    Zinc Zn 7.05 wt-pct Zinc Major 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 2000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2000000mt ore
    Total resources 2000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 97.4 g/mt Silver Major 1977
    Lead Pb 0.78 wt-pct Lead Major 1977
    Copper Cu 0.61 wt-pct Copper Major 1977
    Zinc Zn 7.37 wt-pct Zinc Major 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Demonstrated 351000mt ore
    Total resources 351000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 55.1 g/mt Silver Major 1981
    Lead Pb 0.58 wt-pct Lead Major 1981
    Copper Cu 0.13 wt-pct Copper Major 1981
    Gold Au 0.25 g/mt Gold Minor 1981
    Zinc Zn 9.28 wt-pct Zinc Major 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Capacity 2730
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1977
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Capacity 2730
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    ALLAN, W. AND R. D. BOURKE, MATTABI MINES LIMITED;

  • Production

    D.E. PICKETT, ED., MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM

  • Production

    SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978 P.175-177.

  • Geology

    FRANKLIN, J.M., J. KASARDA AND K.H. POULSEN, PETROLOGY AND

  • Geology

    CHEMISTRY OF THE ALTERATION ZONE OF THE MATTABI MASSIVE

  • Geology

    SULFIDE DEPOSIT; ECON. GEOL., VOL. 70, 1975, P.63-79

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 174.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, J.C. COMMUTING TO WORK AT THE MATTABI MINE; CIM BULL.

  • Deposit

    DEC., 1976, P.81 - 85.

  • Deposit

    ALLMAN, NORAH J., UNDERGROUND MINING AHEAD FOR MATTABI;

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, APRIL 12, 1979, P.L,5.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, M.R., MATTABI FINDS RICH NEW 'PLUM' STEPPING UP

  • Deposit

    EXPLORATION WORK; NORTHERN MINER, NOV. 29, 1979, P.A1, A2

  • Deposit

    MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, MATTABI MINES LIMTED, CIM, 1978.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, UNDERGROUND MINING AHEAD FOR MATTABI,

  • Deposit

    APR. 12, 1979.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, NEW MINE FOR STURGEON LAKE, NOV., 1972.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MATTABI GOES ON STREAM, NOV. 1972.

  • Deposit

    CIM BULLETIN, COMMUTING TO WORK AT THE MATTABI MINE, DEC.

  • Deposit

    1976.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, MATTABI MINES GETS OFF TO HANDSOME START

  • Deposit

    DATE UNKNOWN.

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PETROLOGY AND CHEMISTRY OF THE ALTERATION

  • Deposit

    ZONE OF THE MATTABI MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, V. 70, 1975

  • Deposit

    PP. 63-79.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE STARTED IN 1972 AS AN OPEN PIT WHICH WAS SCHEDULED TO CLOSE IN 1981 AS THE UNDERGROUND OPERATION OPENED. THE PIT IS 488 M LONG BY 152 DEEP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-94 Gazdik U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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