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Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Operation type
- Underground
- Workings
- Underground
- Discovered
- 1960
- First production
- 1965
Records and references
ACRES DAVY MCKEE. GOLD MINING IN CANADA. ANNUAL REPORTS, CAMFLO MINES LTD. (1966-80)BOYLE, R.W. THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF GOLD AND IT'S DEPOSITS. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, BULLETIN 280, 1979, 584 PP. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK. NORTHERN MINER PRESS, 1966-1981. FINANCIAL POST CORP., REPORT ON CAMFLO MINES LTD., MCLEANHUNTER LTD., 1980. LATULIPPE. AN OVERVIEW OF THE GEOLOGY OF GOLD PROSPECTSAND DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTHWEST QUEBEC. GEOLOGY DIVISION CIMGOLD SYMPOSIUM AND FIELD EXCURSION, 1981, PP. 1-5. LYDALL, J.W. OPERATING DATA SHEETS- GOLD MININGCOMPANIES. FIRST MARATHON SECURITIES LTD., 1981. MAKILA, A. CAMFLO MINES LTD. GEOLOGY DIVISION CIM GOLDSYMPOSIUM AND FIELD EXCURSION, 1980, PP. 65-69. MERRILL LYNCH, STOCK ANALYSIS REPORT, 1980. MIEKLE, B.K. CAMFLO MINES LTD.- GEOLOGY AND MINING, CAN. INST. MIN. METALL. BULL., V. 63, NO. 74, 1970,PP. 1406-1410. AMERICAN BARRICK RESOURCES CORPORATION, 1991 ANNUAL REPORT,P27. ANNUAL REPORT, CAMFLO MINES LTD., 1980. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, PAGE 39.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10278879 — view the source record
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Coordinates: 48.14279, -78.04216
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