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Mattabi

CA / ON
49.88109, -98.98466View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Mattabi is a historic mining site in Ontario, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite. The site was discovered in 1968; production began in 1972; workings are surface, underground.

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Found Here

ChalcopyriteCopperGalenaGoldSilverSphaleriteTetrahedrite

Mining history

Status
Past Producer
Operation type
Underground
Workings
Surface, Underground
Discovered
1968
First production
1972

Records and references

Cited references

WHITE, J.C. COMMUTING TO WORK AT THE MATTABI MINE; CIM BULL. DEC., 1976, P.81 - 85. ALLMAN, NORAH J., UNDERGROUND MINING AHEAD FOR MATTABI;NORTHERN MINER, APRIL 12, 1979, P.L,5. BROWN, M.R., MATTABI FINDS RICH NEW 'PLUM' STEPPING UPEXPLORATION WORK; NORTHERN MINER, NOV. 29, 1979, P.A1, A2MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, MATTABI MINES LIMTED, CIM, 1978. THE NORTHERN MINER, UNDERGROUND MINING AHEAD FOR MATTABI,APR. 12, 1979. MINING JOURNAL, NEW MINE FOR STURGEON LAKE, NOV., 1972. MINING MAGAZINE, MATTABI GOES ON STREAM, NOV. 1972. CIM BULLETIN, COMMUTING TO WORK AT THE MATTABI MINE, DEC.1976. THE NORTHERN MINER, MATTABI MINES GETS OFF TO HANDSOME STARTDATE UNKNOWN. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PETROLOGY AND CHEMISTRY OF THE ALTERATIONZONE OF THE MATTABI MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, V. 70, 1975PP. 63-79. FRANKLIN, J.M., J. KASARDA AND K.H. POULSEN, PETROLOGY ANDCHEMISTRY OF THE ALTERATION ZONE OF THE MATTABI MASSIVESULFIDE DEPOSIT; ECON. GEOL., VOL. 70, 1975, P.63-79ALLAN, W. AND R. D. BOURKE, MATTABI MINES LIMITED;D.E. PICKETT, ED., MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIMSPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978 P.175-177. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,P. 174.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10303482view the source record

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Coordinates: 49.88109, -98.98466

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