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Hard-rock mining has taken place in the province for over 130 years (as of 2012). The mining industry in Ontario produces more than 30 different metal and non-metal mineral products, and is responsible for a major percentage of Canada's nickel, gold, copper and platinum-group metals production. [22]
Wawa suffered a population decline after the closures of Helen Mine and the sinter plant. Its main industries have been forestry and tourism. In recent years, diamond prospecting and proposals to create a trap rock mine on the shore of Lake Superior have been developed; however, no mining activities of any kind have yet been established.
Associated Goldfields Mine; Barber Larder Mine; Barton Mine; Beanland Mine; Bell Creek Mine; Bidgood Mine; Bicroft Mine (uranium) Big Dan Mine; Black Fox Mine; Buckles Mine; Campbell Mine; Can-Met Mine; Cheminis Mine; Chesterville gold mine; Coleman Mine; Copper Cliff North Mine; Copper Cliff South Mine; Copperfields Mine; Coppersand Mine; Cote ...
One result of this was a revival of iron-ore mining in Ontario, with one of the most difficult and spectacular mining projects ever undertaken in this country-and perhaps in any other. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The first speculation of iron ore being under Steep Rock Lake was in 1891, when Professor Henry L. Smyth, of Harvard University, came across ...
Miners pose with lunch pails in hand on a mine rock pile outside of the Tamarack mineshaft. Many copper mines have existed in the Copper Country of the U.S. state of Michigan . These include both large-scale commercial ventures and small operations.
The Ring of Fire is a vast, mineral-rich region located in the remote James Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario, Canada. [1] Spanning approximately 5,000 square kilometres (1,900 sq mi), the area is rich in chromite, nickel, copper, platinum group elements, gold, zinc, and other valuable minerals.
Bicroft Mine: Uranium Cardiff 1957–1963 Underground Barrick Gold: Dyno Mine: Uranium Cardiff 1958–1960 Underground Ovintiv: Faraday Mine, Madawaska Mine: Uranium Faraday: 1954–1964, 1975–1982 Underground Ovintiv: Greyhawk Mine: Uranium Faraday: 1957–1959, 1976–1982 Underground Ovintiv: Richardson Mine: Gold Eldorado: 1867–1869 ...
The deepest active hard rock mine in North America is Kidd Mine in Canada, which mines zinc and copper in Timmins, Ontario. At the maximum depth of 9,889 feet (3,014 m) this mine is the deepest base metal mine in the world, and its low surface elevation means that the bottom of the mine is the deepest accessible non-marine point on earth.