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List of mines in Temagami

List of mines in Temagami

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This is a list of mines in Temagami, a municipality in the northern part of Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. Also included are their alias names, coordinates, workings and the commodities that were mined there. The list contains 32 mines, both surface and underground. They are located in 12 geographic townships, with Strathy Township having the largest mine capacity.

An aerial view of the East Pit of Sherman Mine

Mining is a significant part of Temagami's history. The municipality was the scene of active prospecting and mining ventures throughout most of the 20th century, resulting in the creation of trenches, open cuts, open pits, adits, shafts and drifts in the regional bedrock. Commodities extracted from these mines included iron, copper, nickel, gold, arsenic, molybdenum, platinum, palladium, lead, silver, cobalt, zinc, bismuth, uranium, graphite and pyrite.

The mines of Temagami are situated in a variety of geological formations. This includes the Nipissing diabase and Temagami greenstone belt, which hosts a variety of mineral deposits. Mining in these two geological features began in the early 1900s with the discovery of precious metals, such as gold and silver.

Strathy Township

Forested open pit of Beanland Mine
Open pit of Kanichee Mine
The flooded Penrose shaft of Manitoba and Eastern Mine
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Best Township

Trench at the Northland Pyrite Mine
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Belfast Township

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Cassels Township

Flooded shaft at Gosselin Mine

Mining in Cassels Township dates from 1900 when the area was being explored for silver and cobalt. This work was carried out by Temagami-Lorrain Mining Limited in the Sauvé Lake area and Temagami-Cobalt Mining Company Limited in the Gosselin Lake area. Trenches and shafts were constructed in Nipissing diabase along with rock stripping.[41] In 1946, Hermes Mines Limited created pits in a 0.61 to 0.91 m (2.0 to 3.0 ft) wide fault zone containing minor pyrite and very minor chalcopyrite mineralization.[42] This work was in the Outlet Bay area of Net Lake.[41]

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Vogt Township

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Phyllis Township

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Clement Township

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Cynthia Township

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Joan Township

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Scholes Township

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Strathcona Township

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Torrington Township

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References

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  2. "Ajax". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  3. "Beanland". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  4. "Big Dan". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  5. "Canada-Thomas". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  6. "Hermiston-McCauley". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
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  9. "Manitoba and Eastern". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  10. "Oslund-Hurst". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  11. "Sey-Bert". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  12. "Sherman". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  13. "Temagami". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  14. "Acana East". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  15. "Danlou". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  16. "Friday Creek". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  17. "Northland Pyrite". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  18. "Wkt". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  19. "Obabika". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  20. "Obabika Inlet Showing". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
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  23. "Brochu". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  24. "Gosselin". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  25. "Temagami-Lorrain". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  26. "Island Number 364". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  27. "Krefeld". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  28. "Prosco". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  29. "Temagami". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  30. "Billfield". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  31. "Halkin". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  32. "Coppersand". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  33. "Lahay". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  34. "Cummings Lake". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  35. "O'Connor". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
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  37. "Cross Lake". Mineral Deposits Inventory, Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Retrieved 2012-03-30.

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