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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Underground
- Workings
- Underground
- Discovered
- 1923
Records and references
ANNIS, R.C., D.A. CRANSTONE AND M. VALLEE, A SURVEY OF KNOWNMINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;ENERGY,MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA, MINERALS, MR 181,1978,M. VALLEECADILLAC TO DEVELOP NAHANNIA VALLEY MINE, APRIL 11, 1980,MINING JOURNAL, P. 299. DUVAL, DAVIO, MARCH 6, 1980, CADILLAC ACQUIRING 1000-TON 1MILL FOR ITS NAHANNIA SILVER-LEAD MINE, THE NORTHERNMINER, PP. 1, 6. DUVAL, DAVID, MARCH 27, 1980, MINERALIZED BELT EXTENDED 20MILES AT CADILLAC'S SILVER-LEAD-ZINC FIND, THE NORTHERNMINER, PP. 1, 5. MINERAL POLICY SECTOR, DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES,1980, PRARIE CREEK (CADILLAC PROPERTY), OTTAWA, CANADA. CADILLAC EXPLORATIONS LIMITED, 1980 ANNUAL REPORT. LUDVIGSEN, R., ORDOVICIAN FORMATION AND FAUNAS, SOUTHERNMACKENZIE MOUNTAINS, CANADIAN JOURNAL EARTH SCIENCE, V.12, 1975, PP. 663-696. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,1979, P.51. CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R.T. WHILLANS, CANADIAN RESERVES OFCOPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLDAS OF JAN. 1, 1978, EMR CANADA, MINERALS, MR 185, 1979,P.27."SAN ANDREAS EXPLORES LEAD-ZINC MINE PROJECT", METALBULLETIN, JULY 29, 1993, P. 7."RESERVES INCREASE AT PRAIRIE REEK", THE NORTHERN MINER,28 FEB 94, P. 3. MINING JOURNAL, 12/1/95, "SAN ANDREAS RAISES PRAIRIE CREEK". PAGE 413.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10118602 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: 61.55826, -124.79354
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