Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):	48° 27' 46'' North , 81° 14' 42'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):	48.46278,-81.24500
GeoHash:	G#: f0w5xnrhn
Locality type:	Mine
Köppen climate type:	Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate

A gold mine 2 miles SW of South Porcupine in the city of Timmins. The ore is hosted by Keewatin basalts, Timiskaming sediments and Kenoran porphyry. Gold occurs primarily in cross-cutting quartz veins and in ankerite-quartz-tourmaline veins which parallel the trend of the country rock. Tellurides are present in minor amounts. Silver is recovered at a ratio of 1 oz. of silver for each 6 oz. of gold. Of the sulphides, pyrite and/or pyrrhotite are dominant, however chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena are considered good indicators of gold. Minor scheelite is found in association with the porphyry ore.

The mine has been in operation since 1910.

Mineral List

22 valid minerals.

Regional Geology

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Neoarchean - Mesoarchean 2500 - 3200 Ma ID: 626011	Mafic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks Age: Archean (2500 - 3200 Ma) Comments: Superior Province Lithology: Basaltic and andesitic flows, tuffs and breccias, chert, iron formation, minor metasedimentary and intrusive rocks, related migmatites Reference: Ontario Geological Survey. 1:250 000 scale bedrock geology of Ontario. ISBN 978-1-4435-5705-4. Miscellaneous Release–Data 126 - Revision 1. [1]
Neoarchean 2500 - 2800 Ma ID: 3185924	Archean sedimentary and volcanic rocks Age: Neoarchean (2500 - 2800 Ma) Comments: Superior Province Lithology: Intermediate volcanic rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154]

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