Mine detail: Copper Rand / Portage

Previously called 'Portage IslandBateman BayChibougamau MinesCopper Rand MineEaton Bay ZoneMachin Block AJaculetBouzanQuebec ChibougamauMachin Ore ZoneCopper Cliff'

Location:	Quebec, Canada, North America
Lat / long:	49.88328, -74.2828
dep_id:	10181984
mas_id:	1220500023
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper, Gold
Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Producer
other_matl:	Anorthite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Chloritoid, Diopside, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Zoisite
work_type:	Underground
Reporter:	Buckingham, David A.
Year first produced:	1959
disc_yr:	1952
References:	Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1960, CANAD* NEWEST COPPER-GOLD PRODUCER:}%%{Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, FEB. 11, 1960, P. 17-28.}%%{Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1966, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1966-1967: Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD., P. 250-251. Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1967, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1967-1968: Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD., P. 259-261. Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1968, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1968-1969: Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD., P. 264-265. Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1969, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1969-1970: Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD., P. 278-280. Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1970, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1970-1971: Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD., P. 279-281. Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1971, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1971-1972: Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD. P. 295-297. Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1973, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1973-1974: Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD., P. 269-270. Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1974, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1974-1975: Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD., P. 263-264. Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1975, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1975-1976: Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD., P. 234-235. Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1976, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1976-1977: Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD., P. 256-257. Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1977, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1977-1978: Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD., P. 249-250. Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1978, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-1979: Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD., P 241-242 Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 1979, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-1980: Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD., P. 208-209. Deposit:: GOLDER ASSOCIATES, INC., 1980, DEPOSIT PROFILE - COPPER Deposit:: RAND, QUEBEC, CANADA. UNPUB. REPT. FOR U.S. BUREAU OF MINES Deposit:: CONTRACT NO. J0295059 FOR THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY Deposit:: FIELD OFFICE, 22 P. Deposit:: HAWKINS, TERRY, HOW NORTHGATE-PATINO UNEARTHS IT*PROFIT: Deposit:: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, NOV. 1982, P. 24-34. Deposit:: LADOUCEUR, G., PRESSURE FILTRATION OF COPPER CONCENTRATE AT Deposit:: MINES NORTHGATE-PATINO INC., CIM BULL., NOV. 1987, Deposit:: P. 35-39. Deposit:: WMC ANNUAL REPORTS PRIOR TO 1994: Deposit:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996-97, PP. 290, 468, 483. Geology:: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES, 1973, COPPER Geology:: RAND (PROPERTY DESCRIPTION): MINERAL RESOURCES BRANCH, Geology:: DEPT. ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES, OTTAWA, APRIL 1973, Geology:: 4 P. Geology:: DOUGLAS, R. J.W., ED., 1970, ECONOMIC MINERALS OF THE CANA- Geology:: DIAN SHIELD, CHAPTER 5 IN GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC MINERALS Geology:: OF CANADA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA ECON. GEOL. REPT. Geology:: NO. 1, P. 188-195. Geology:: GUIMOND, ROGER, 1964, THE PATINO COMPLEX IN CANADA: PRECAM- Geology:: BRIAN, APRIL 1964, P. 10-30. Geology:: PARRISH, I.S., 1968, GRADE CONTROL OF THE COPPER RAND MINES Geology:: DIVISION, PATINO MINING CORPORATION: CANADIAN INSTI- Geology:: TUTE OF MINING AND MILLING SPECIAL VOLUME 9, P.160-167. Production:: DEVILLE, PHILIPPE, INGLESIAS, J.H., AND BIHARI, BIMAN, 1978, Production:: PATINO MINES (QUEBEC) LIMITED: CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, Production:: P. 123-124, Reserve-Resource:: NORTHERN MINER, 1980, CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1980-1981: Reserve-Resource:: NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD., P. 204-205. Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1986-87, NORTHERN MINER PRESS,P.287. Reserve-Resource:: MINE RESERVES AND CURRENTLY PROMISING DEPOSITS, JAN. 1985, Reserve-Resource:: EMR CANADA, MR 209, P. 15. Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989-90, NORTHERN MINER PRESS, Reserve-Resource:: P. 469. Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P. 398. Reserve-Resource:: WESTERN MINING CORP. HOLDINGS LTD., 1991 ANNUAL REPORT, P 41 Reserve-Resource:: CANADINA MINES HANDBOOK, 1996-97, P 290.