List of mines in Ontario
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This a list of mines in the Canadian province of Ontario
and includes both operating and closed mines.
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
and includes both operating and closed mines.
- Adams MineAdams MineAdams Mine is an abandoned open pit iron ore mine located in the Boston Township of the District of Timiskaming, south of Kirkland Lake in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the Canadian Shield....
- Barton MineBarton MineBarton Mine, also known as Net Lake Mine, is an abandoned underground mine in Cobalt Mining District of Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is located on the west shore of the north arm of Net Lake in Temagami North....
- Beanland MineBeanland MineBeanland Mine, also known as Clenore and A.E. Perron, is an abandoned gold and silver producing underground mine, located in the Temagami region of northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is one of the several mines within the Temagami greenstone belt, a volcanic belt characterized by felsic and mafic...
- Bell Creek Mine
- Big Dan Mine
- Black Fox Mine
- Buckles MineBuckles MineThe Buckles Mine is an historical uranium mine located approximately 4.5 km southeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned and operated by Rio Algom Ltd. The site has been rehabilitated...
- Can-Met MineCan-Met MineThe Can-Met Mine is an abandoned uranium mine located approximately 12.5 km northeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned by Denison Mines Ltd.. The site has been rehabilitated and its tailings facility is currently undergoing environmental monitoring by Denison Environmental Services.The site was...
- Coleman Mine
- Copper Cliff North MineCopper Cliff North MineCopper Cliff North Mine is an underground nickel mine in Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and operated by Vale Inco.The mine was the 2007 winner of the John T. Ryan Trophy for metal mines. Employing approximately 260 people, the mine went through 2006 without a lost-time-accident,...
- Copper Cliff South MineCopper Cliff South MineCopper Cliff South Mine is an underground nickel mine in Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and operated by Vale Inco.Part of the mine is located under the town of Copper Cliff, which means that additional care must be put into the crown pillar....
- Copperfields Mine
- Creighton MineCreighton MineCreighton Mine is an underground nickel mine, owned and operated by Vale Inco Limited in the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada...
- Denison MineDenison MineThe Denison Mine is an abandoned uranium mine located approximately 12.5 km north of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned by Denison Mines Ltd.. The site has been rehabilitated and its tailings facility is currently undergoing environmental monitoring by Denison Environmental Services.The site was the...
- Detour Gold Mine
- Dome Mine
- Ferguson Bay MineFerguson Bay MineFerguson Bay Mine is an abandoned copper mine in Temagami, Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is located near the eastern shore of Ferguson Bay of Lake Temagami. A winter road from Sandy Inlet through Coppersand Lake was created to the mine in 1957. Subsequently, a small road, known as Miner's Road,...
- Frood MineFrood MineFrood-Stobie Mine is a nickel mine in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.During World War II, Frood Mine alone accounted for a full 40 per cent of all the nickel used in Allied artillery production. In 1989, Frood Mine shared the John T...
- Garson MineGarson MineGarson Mine is an underground nickel mine located in the community of Garson, within the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Garson mine was developed around 1908 by Mond Nickel Company and is owned by Vale Inco.-Garson Ramp Project:...
- Goderich Salt Mines - Sifto CanadaSifto CanadaSifto Canada is a salt mining and marketing company based in Canada, with its primary products being table salt, fine evaporated salt, water conditioning salt, agricultural salt, coarse salt, rock salt, and bulk salt...
- Golden Giant MineGolden Giant MineThe Golden Giant Mine is an abandoned underground gold mine in the Hemlo mining camp in Canada, located north of Lake Superior, midway between Sault Ste...
- Hermiston-McCauley Mine
- Hollinger MinesHollinger MinesThe Hollinger Gold Mine was founded by Benny Hollinger in Timmins, Ontario, and in 1910 the company was incorporated by Noah Timmins and partners. The main Hollinger Mine operated from 1910 until 1968. During that period 65,778,234 tons were milled, producing 19,327,691 ounces of gold,...
- Holloway Mine
- Hoyle Pond Mine
- Kanichee MineKanichee MineThe Kanichee Mine, also less commonly known as the Ajax Mine, is an abandoned base metal and precious metal mine, located in the Temagami region of northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is near the small unincorporated community of Temagami North, accessed by the Kanichee Mine Road from Highway 11. The...
- Keeley-Frontier MineKeeley-Frontier MineKeeley-Frontier Mine is a large abandoned mine in the ghost town of Silver Centre, Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It consists of two underground mines that were sunk below the surface. Keeley Mine was discovered in 1907 while Frontier Mine was constructed in 1921. The sixth level of Keeley Mine...
- Kidd Mine
- Lacnor MineLacnor MineThe Lacnor Mine, is an abandoned uranium mine in the Elliot Lake area of Ontario, owned by Rio Algom Ltd. The site has been rehabilitated and its tailings facility is currently undergoing environmental monitoring by Denison Environmental Services....
- Leckie MineLeckie MineLeckie Mine, also known as Penrose Mine, is an abandoned gold producing underground mine in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the eastern shore of Arsenic Lake north of the town of Temagami...
- Madawaska MineMadawaska mineThe Madawaska Mine is an abandoned underground uranium mine near the town of Bancroft, Ontario which produced 9,492,171 pounds of U3O8 during its two periods of production....
- McIntyre MinesMcIntyre MinesThe McIntyre mine s an abandoned underground gold mine in Schumacher, Ontario, Canada, which has earned a place in Canadian mining history as one of the nation's most important mines. Its iconic headframe, located near downtown Timmins, has come to represent the entire Porcupine Gold Rush...
- McWatters Mine
- Milliken MineMilliken MineThe Milliken Mine is an abandoned uranium mine located approximately 2.5 km northeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned and operated by Rio Algom Ltd...
- Montcalm Mine
- Murray MineMurray MineMurray Mine is a defunct nickel and copper mine in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. It was the site of the original ore discovery that led to the launch of mining operations in the Sudbury area....
- Musselwhite Mine
- Nordic MineNordic MineThe Nordic Mine, is an abandoned uranium mine in the Elliot Lake area of Ontario, owned by Rio Algom Ltd. The site has been rehabilitated and its tailings facility is currently undergoing environmental monitoring by Denison Environmental Services....
- Northland MineNorthland MineThe Northland Mine, also called the Northland Pyrite Mine and Harris Mine, is an abandoned underground mine in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the southwestern shore of James Lake in Best Township of Temagami. It was operated by the Northland Mining Company during the early 1900s with the...
- Pamour Mine
- Panel MinePanel MineThe Panel Mine is an abandoned uranium mine located approximately 14.5 km northeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned and operated by Rio Algom Ltd...
- Paymaster Mine
- Pronto MinePronto MineThe Pronto Mine is an historical uranium mine located approximately 20 km south of Elliot Lake, Ontario near Spragge. The site is owned and operated by Rio Algom Ltd, has been rehabilitated and is currently undergoing environmental monitoring....
- Quirke MineQuirke MineThe Quirke Mine is an abandoned uranium mine located approximately 13.5 km north of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned and operated by Rio Algom Ltd...
- Redstone Mine
- Sherman MineSherman MineSherman Mine is a large abandoned open pit mine in Temagami, Ontario, Canada. It was a major producer of iron ore. The mine was the source of a multi-ton boulder of banded iron formation and was mined from 1967 until 1990 by Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company...
- Sifto Salt Mine
- Spanish American MineSpanish American MineThe Spanish American Mine is an historical uranium mine located approximately northeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned and operated by Rio Algom Ltd. The site is southeast of the Denison Mine....
- Stanleigh MineStanleigh MineThe Stanleigh Mine is an abandoned uranium mine located approximately 3 km northeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned and operated by Rio Algom Ltd. The site has been rehabilitated and is currently undergoing environmental monitoring....
- Stanrock MineStanrock MineThe Stanrock Mine is an historical uranium mine located approximately 11.5 km northeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned by Denison Mines. The site has been decommissioned and rehabilited with ongoing monitoring by Denison Environmental Services....
- Talon ChutesTalon ChutesTalon Chute is a waterfall on the Mattawa River and historic site on the border between the geographic township of Olrig, Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part and the municipality of Calvin in Nipissing District, northeastern Ontario, Canada...
- Timmins West Mine
- Victor Diamond MineVictor Diamond MineThe Victor Diamond Mine is the first Canadian diamond mine located in Ontario, and De Beers' second diamond mine in Canada . It is located in the James Bay lowlands west of Attawapiskat in the remote northern part of the province...
- Windsor Salt MineWindsor salt mineThe Windsor Salt Mine currently operates two locations in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The first is at 200 Morton Drive in Windsor, established in 1955, and is owned by The Canadian Salt Company, Limited. The facility has 250 employees, earns roughly $75–99 million a year, producing road and mining...
- Canadian Salt CompanyCanadian Salt CompanyFounded in 1893, in Windsor, Ontario, with three employees of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and was originally named The Windsor Salt Company. Within a few years, the operation was sold and became The Canadian Salt Company, Limited... - Young Davidson Mine