Mine detail: Opemiska Division

Previously called 'Perry MineSpringer MineCooke Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 49.79999, -74.84953

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Gold
Secondary: Silver
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1929

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1954

Geology

References

MAS1220500049
DEP10255233
Reference{Deposit:: CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R. T. WHILLANS, CANADIAN RESERVES OF}{Deposit:: COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLD}{Deposit:: AS OF JAN.1, 1978, EMR CANADA, MINERALS, MR185,1979,}{Deposit:: P.10.}{Deposit:: PRECAMBRIAN - MINING IN CANADA, JULY, 1960, P. 13-26.}{Deposit:: MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, 1978, FALCONBRIDGE COPPER}{Deposit:: LIMITED -DIVISION OPEMISKA: CIM SPECIAL VOL. 16, P.96-97}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, 1974, FALCONBRIDG* OPEMISKA: JUNE}{Deposit:: P. 60-61.}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, 1980, 400 FT. LONG BENCHES SUCCESS-}{Deposit:: FUL IN OPEMIISKA BLAST: MARCH, P. 58-63.}{Deposit:: MAXWELL, J. R., 1972, LARGE FLOTATION CELLS IN OPEMISKA}{Deposit:: CONCENTRATOR: AIME TRANSACTIONS - VOL. 252, MARCH,P.95-98}{Deposit:: DERRY, D.R. AND FOLINSBEE, J.C., GEOLOGY AND STRUCTUE OF}{Deposit:: THE OPEMISKA COPPER MINE, QUEBEC: THE CANADIAN MINING AND}{Deposit:: METALLURIGICAL BULLETIN FOR SEPTEMBER, 1955, MONTREAL,}{Deposit:: P. 589-595.}{Production:: BONNEVILLE, J.P. AND J.R. MAXWELL, FALCONBRIDGE COPPER LTD.-}{Production:: DIVISION OPEMISKA; D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN MILLING PRACTICE}{Production:: IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.96,97.}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1990-91, P. 286.}{Reserve-Resource:: MINNOVA INC., 1989 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 13.}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,}{Reserve-Resource:: P.108.}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1980-81, FALCONBRIDGE COPPER LIMITED}{Reserve-Resource:: PAGE 101-102.}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P. 255.}{Workings:: COOKE, F.G., INNOVATIONS AND PRACTICES AT OPEMISKA;}{Workings:: CIM BULL., NOV., 1968, P.1313-1318.}
ReporterPorter, Kenneth E.