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An aerial view of the East Pit of Sherman Mine

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.

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
Official name Alias names Coordinates Primary commodities Secondary commodities Workings
Ajax Cuniptau; Kanichee; Trebor 47°6′13.7″N 79°50′38.63″W / 47.103806°N 79.8440639°W / 47.103806; -79.8440639 Copper, nickel Gold, platinum, palladium, silver Open pit; drifts
Beanland A.E. Perron 47°5′28.71″N 79°49′30.83″W / 47.0913083°N 79.8252306°W / 47.0913083; -79.8252306 Gold, silver No data Vertical shaft; drifts; open pit
Big Dan United Reef Petroleum 47°5′30.62″N 79°46′28.17″W / 47.0918389°N 79.7744917°W / 47.0918389; -79.7744917 Gold, silver Arsenic Open cut; trench; adit; vertical and inclined shafts
Canada-Thomas No data 47°5′59.58″N 79°48′20.12″W / 47.0998833°N 79.8055889°W / 47.0998833; -79.8055889 Copper, gold Cobalt, lead, nickel, silver, zinc Open pit; trenches; stripped areas
Hermiston-McCauley Shaver Vein; Cominco South Vein 47°5′54.2″N 79°49′38.29″W / 47.098389°N 79.8273028°W / 47.098389; -79.8273028 Gold No data Shaft; open pit; trenches
J.W. Barton Net Lake 47°7′8.75″N 79°47′9.58″W / 47.1190972°N 79.7859944°W / 47.1190972; -79.7859944 Molybdenum Bismuth, copper, gold, silver Vertical and inclined shafts; trenches; open pit
L.B. Norrie No data 47°6′59.59″N 79°46′27.63″W / 47.1165528°N 79.7743417°W / 47.1165528; -79.7743417 Copper, nickel Gold, lead, silver, zinc Trenches; open pit
Manitoba and Eastern Leckie; Little Dan; Penrose 47°5′36.34″N 79°47′48.68″W / 47.0934278°N 79.7968556°W / 47.0934278; -79.7968556 Gold Arsenic, copper, silver Open cut; open pit; trenches; shafts; drifts; stripped area
Oslund-Hurst Keevil 47°4′57.77″N 79°50′46.34″W / 47.0827139°N 79.8462056°W / 47.0827139; -79.8462056 Gold Silver Open pits; trenches
Sey-Bert J.A. Jones 47°5′47.82″N 79°47′15.83″W / 47.0966167°N 79.7877306°W / 47.0966167; -79.7877306 Gold Lead, zinc Trenches
Sherman East Pit; North Pit; South Pit; West Pit 47°4′14.48″N 79°51′59.83″W / 47.0706889°N 79.8666194°W / 47.0706889; -79.8666194 Iron No data Open pits
Temagami No data 47°5′29.9″N 79°50′16.25″W / 47.091639°N 79.8378472°W / 47.091639; -79.8378472 Gold, silver Arsenic, copper, zinc Trenches; open pits; stripped areas

Best Township

Trench at the Northland Pyrite Mine
Official name Alias names Coordinates Primary commodities Secondary commodities Workings
Acana East Dunmor; Granite Lake; Niemetz-Dunlop 47°10′5.24″N 79°43′54.43″W / 47.1681222°N 79.7317861°W / 47.1681222; -79.7317861 Copper, nickel Lead, zinc Vertical shaft; stripped area; trenches
Danlou Mortimer 47°9′8.44″N 79°44′32.79″W / 47.1523444°N 79.7424417°W / 47.1523444; -79.7424417 Gold Copper, silver Vertical shaft; trenches
Friday Creek No data 47°9′36.24″N 79°38′19.43″W / 47.1600667°N 79.6387306°W / 47.1600667; -79.6387306 Silver Copper Trench
Northland Pyrite Harris; James Lake; Rib Lake 47°10′26.24″N 79°44′34.45″W / 47.1739556°N 79.7429028°W / 47.1739556; -79.7429028 Sulfur/pyrite Cobalt, copper, gold, nickel, zinc Vertical shaft; open pits; trench
Wkt No data 47°10′19.24″N 79°42′2.44″W / 47.1720111°N 79.7006778°W / 47.1720111; -79.7006778 Cobalt Lead, silver Trenches

Belfast Township

Official name Alias names Coordinates Primary commodities Secondary commodities Workings
Obabika No data 47°0′43.38″N 80°11′41.48″W / 47.0120500°N 80.1948556°W / 47.0120500; -80.1948556 Copper Gold Trenches
Obabika Inlet Showing No data 47°2′39.32″N 80°12′30.4″W / 47.0442556°N 80.208444°W / 47.0442556; -80.208444 Copper No data No data
Ne. Belfast Silver Occurrence No data 47°3′23.85″N 80°10′33.59″W / 47.0566250°N 80.1759972°W / 47.0566250; -80.1759972 Silver Copper Trench

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. 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. This work was in the Outlet Bay area of Net Lake.

Official name Alias names Coordinates Primary commodities Secondary commodities Workings
Brochu Hermes (Pits) 47°5′30.92″N 79°44′4.34″W / 47.0919222°N 79.7345389°W / 47.0919222; -79.7345389 Copper No data Open pit; trenches
Gosselin Aldage 47°5′20.58″N 79°41′48.59″W / 47.0890500°N 79.6968306°W / 47.0890500; -79.6968306 Copper, silver Cobalt, gold, nickel Open pit; shaft; adit; trench
Temagami-Lorrain No data 47°6′39.79″N 79°40′58.2″W / 47.1110528°N 79.682833°W / 47.1110528; -79.682833 Cobalt, gold Arsenic, copper, nickel, silver Open pits; shaft; trenches

Vogt Township

Official name Alias names Coordinates Primary commodities Secondary commodities Workings
Island Number 364 Aubay Prospect; Niemetz Property 46°49′53.18″N 80°6′43.45″W / 46.8314389°N 80.1120694°W / 46.8314389; -80.1120694 Iron, uranium Copper Trench
Krefeld Austin Bay 46°49′51.18″N 80°3′53.43″W / 46.8308833°N 80.0648417°W / 46.8308833; -80.0648417 Iron, gold Copper, graphite Trenches
Prosco Aubay; D'Eldona; Wright 46°48′52.18″N 80°5′35.43″W / 46.8144944°N 80.0931750°W / 46.8144944; -80.0931750 Gold, uranium No data Trenches

Phyllis Township

Official name Alias names Coordinates Primary commodities Secondary commodities Workings
Temagami Temagami; Copperfields 46°57′44.41″N 80°2′13.67″W / 46.9623361°N 80.0371306°W / 46.9623361; -80.0371306 Copper Cobalt, gold, nickel, palladium, platinum, silver Vertical shaft; open pits
Billfield Billfield 46°57′47″N 80°0′49.83″W / 46.96306°N 80.0138417°W / 46.96306; -80.0138417 Gold Silver Trench

Clement Township

Official name Alias names Coordinates Primary commodities Secondary commodities Workings
Halkin Savard Occurrence; Bradex Mines Showing 46°52′25.96″N 80°10′43.44″W / 46.8738778°N 80.1787333°W / 46.8738778; -80.1787333 Copper Silver, gold No data

Cynthia Township

Official name Alias names Coordinates Primary commodities Secondary commodities Workings
Coppersand A. Hardie; Derosier 47°8′31.45″N 80°4′11.45″W / 47.1420694°N 80.0698472°W / 47.1420694; -80.0698472 Copper, gold, silver Cobalt, lead, nickel Trenches

Joan Township

Official name Alias names Coordinates Primary commodities Secondary commodities Workings
Lahay Lahay 47°0′46.38″N 80°5′43.5″W / 47.0128833°N 80.095417°W / 47.0128833; -80.095417 Copper, gold No data Vertical shaft; trench

Scholes Township

Official name Alias names Coordinates Primary commodities Secondary commodities Workings
Cummings Lake Eagle Rock Iron Mines Ltd. 46°57′32.24″N 80°12′42.5″W / 46.9589556°N 80.211806°W / 46.9589556; -80.211806 Iron No data Vertical shaft

Strathcona Township

Official name Alias names Coordinates Primary commodities Secondary commodities Workings
O'Connor Milestone 47°02′27.77″N 79°49′51″W / 47.0410472°N 79.83083°W / 47.0410472; -79.83083 Copper, nickel, sulfur/pyrite Gold, zinc Open pits; trench

Torrington Township

Official name Alias names Coordinates Primary commodities Secondary commodities Workings
Cross Lake Priest Mine 46°51′57.02″N 79°57′57.49″W / 46.8658389°N 79.9659694°W / 46.8658389; -79.9659694 Copper, lead Gold, silver Inclined shaft; trench

See also

References

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