Quebec
Past Producer

Opemiska Division

Quebec, Canada
GoldCopperSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsArsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1954
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10255233
Alternate namesPerry Mine, Springer Mine, Cooke Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates49.79999, -74.84953
References
CRANSTONE, D.A. AND R. T. WHILLANS, CANADIAN RESERVES OFCOPPER, NICKEL, LEAD, ZINC, MOLYBDENUM, SILVER AND GOLDAS OF JAN.1, 1978, EMR CANADA, MINERALS, MR185,1979,P.10.PRECAMBRIAN - MINING IN CANADA, JULY, 1960, P. 13-26.MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, 1978, FALCONBRIDGE COPPERLIMITED -DIVISION OPEMISKA: CIM SPECIAL VOL. 16, P.96-97CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, 1974, FALCONBRIDGE'S OPEMISKA: JUNEP. 60-61.CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, 1980, 400 FT. LONG BENCHES SUCCESS-FUL IN OPEMIISKA BLAST: MARCH, P. 58-63.MAXWELL, J. R., 1972, LARGE FLOTATION CELLS IN OPEMISKACONCENTRATOR: AIME TRANSACTIONS - VOL. 252, MARCH,P.95-98DERRY, D.R. AND FOLINSBEE, J.C., GEOLOGY AND STRUCTUE OFTHE OPEMISKA COPPER MINE, QUEBEC: THE CANADIAN MINING ANDMETALLURIGICAL BULLETIN FOR SEPTEMBER, 1955, MONTREAL,P. 589-595.BONNEVILLE, J.P. AND J.R. MAXWELL, FALCONBRIDGE COPPER LTD.-DIVISION OPEMISKA; D.E. PICKETT, ED., IN MILLING PRACTICEIN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.96,97.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1990-91, P. 286.MINNOVA INC., 1989 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 13.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,P.108.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1980-81, FALCONBRIDGE COPPER LIMITEDPAGE 101-102.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1991-92, P. 255.COOKE, F.G., INNOVATIONS AND PRACTICES AT OPEMISKA;CIM BULL., NOV., 1968, P.1313-1318.