Ontario
Past Producer

Texmont

Ontario, Canada
Nickel
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Commodities
PrimaryNickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1960
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10254926
Alternate namesFatima
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates48.1533, -81.20418
References
CANADA'S NATIONAL MINING NEWSPAPER. "TEXMONT PROJECT ON TIMEWITHIN BUDGET." JUNE 3, 1971. PP. 1, 5-6.COAD, PAUL R. "NICKEL SULPHIDE DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITHULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF THE ABITIBI BELT AND ECONOMICPOTENTIAL OF MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIONS." ONTARIO GEO-LOGICAL SURVEY, STUDY 20. 1979.DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES, MINERAL DEVELOP-MENT SECTOR, PUBLIC DEPOSIT FILE. OTTAWA.DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES, AND RESOURCES, SURVEYS AND MAP-PING BRANCH. PETER LONG LAKE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, SCALE1:50,000, MAP 43 A/3. OTTAWA. 1975. PHOTOGRAPHS 1972.CULTURE CHECK 1973.FILBURN, L.C., ET AL. "NICKEL SULFIDE ORES RELATED TO ULTRA-BASIC INTRUSIONS IN CANADA." MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS, ASYMPOSIUM. THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY PUBLISHING COMPANY.LANCASTER, P.A. 1969.FINANCIAL POST. SUPPLEMENTARY MINING SERVICE. TEXMONT MINESLIMITED. MARCH 30, 1973. P. 17.LEIGH, ORVAL E. TEXMONT MINES LIMITED, BARTLETT AND GEIKIETOWNSHIP PROPERTY. 1971.MINING JOURNAL. "TEXMONT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE." JANUARY 22,1971NORTHERN MINER PRESS. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK. TORONTO.1976-1977, 1980-1981.NORTHERN MINER. "COMPLETE EXPANSION OF NICKEL FACILITIES ATTEXMONT MINES." JANUARY 3, 1974. P. 23.NORTHERN MINER. "FAST PROGRESS MADE READYING TEXMONT FORPRODUCTION." SEPTEMBER 24, 1970. P. 3.NORTHERN MINER. "HOSCO PROFIT OFF BUT OUTLOOK BETTER." MAY23, 1974. P. 24.NORTHERN MINER. "MAJOR LOOKS AT NEW TEXMONT GOLD." MARCH 6,1980.NORTHERN MINER. "NEW HOSCO EARNINGS DOWN TO RESUME AT RENZY.APRIL 5, 1973. P. 21.NORTHERN MINER. "NEW HOSCO WAITS FOR BETTER PRICES TO STARTNICKEL, COPPER PRODUCTION." JULY 22, 1976. P. 11.NORTHERN MINER. "NEW HOSCO WAITS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN COPPERMARKET." MAY 15, 1975. P. 24.NORTHERN MINER. "NEW QUEBEC RAGLAN STILL ON STANDBY BASISPRODUCTION TEMPORARILY STOPPED AT TEXMONT." MARCH 22,1973. P. 22.NORTHERN MINER. "NEW TEXMONT EXPL'NS MAKES RIGHTS OFFER."APRIL 5, 1979. P. 3.NORTHERN MINER. "NEW TEXMONT RIGHTS OFFERING UNSUCCESSFUL."JULY 19, 1979. P. A25.NORTHERN MINER. "NO TEXMONT PLAN FOR HYDRO POWER." DECEMBER27, 1973. P. 21.NORTHERN MINER. "PLAN RESUME OUTPUT NEW HOSCO PROJECTS."JUNE 6, 1974." P. 10.NORTHERN MINER. "SHERIDAN CONTINUES TO INVEST IN TEXMONTNICKEL PROJECT." FEBRUARY 5, 1976.NORTHERN MINER. "TEXMONT CLOSURE DOUBLING PLANT." DECEMBER28, 1972. P. 19.NORTHERN MINER. "TEXMONT HAS PROSPECTS IN BOTH NICKEL ANDGOLD." NOVEMBER 27, 1975.NORTHERN MINER. "TEXMONT HOPEFUL RESUME MINING IN COMINGYEAR." DECEMBER 27, 1973. P. 3.NORTHERN MINER. "TEXMONT IN LEGAL FRAY TO RETAIN NICKEL MINEASSETS." MARCH 8, 1979.NORTHERN MINER. "TEXMONT MINE TO REMAIN CLOSED FOR THEPRESENT." JANUARY 4, 1973. P. 23.NORTHERN MINER. "TEXMONT MINES PLANS FURTHER EXPLORATION FORGOLD PROPERTY." JUNE 14, 1973. P. 25.NORTHERN MINER. "TEXMONT NICKEL PROPERTY SLATED FOR PRO-DUCTION BY SHERIDAN GEOPHYSICS." FEBRUARY 25, 1971.NORTHERN MINER. "TEXMONT PRODUCES AT 500-TON RATE DRIFTSNEW ORE." SEPTEMBER 21, 1972. P. 6.NORTHERN MINER. "TEXMONT PROJECT ON TIME, WITHIN BUDGET."JUNE 3, 1975. PP. 1 AND 5.NORTHERN MINER. "TEXMONT REMAINS IDLE, SAN JACINTO SHARESCLAIMS WITH THUNDERWOODS." JULY 21, 1977. P. 21.NORTHERN MINER. "TEXMONT STILL CLOSED, OPTIONS ITS GOLDGROUP." JULY 4, 1974. P. 7.NORTHERN MINER. "TEXMONT TIMMINS NICKEL MINE STILL MAIN-TAINED ON STANDBY." JANUARY 9, 1975. P. 3.NORTHERN MINER. "TEXMONT WON'T REOPEN TILL FUEL TAX LIFTED."OCTOBER 11, 1973. P. 21.NORTHERN MINER. MARCH 22, 1973. P. 22.NORTHERN MINER. JULY 21, 1977.ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF MINESSOURCE MINERAL DEPOSIT RECORD.PIKE, D. R. GEOLOGY OF THE PETER LONG LAKE AREA. GEOLOGICALREPORT 171. ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. TORONTO. 1978.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,P.190.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, 197P.26.NORTHERN MINER, JANUARY 9, 1975, P. 3.