Leckie Mine, also known as Penrose Mine, Little Dan Mine and Sterling Mine, is an abandoned
gold
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producing
underground mine in
Northeastern Ontario,
Canada
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, located on the eastern shore of
Arsenic Lake north of the town of
Temagami. It is entirely owned by Progenitor Metals Corp. An estimated 483,500 tonnes of ore remain in the mine, which could contain 102,720 ounces of gold.
Leckie Mine is named after
Major
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Robert Gilmour Leckie
Robert Gilmour Leckie (23 August 1833 – 5 November 1914) was a Scottish-born Canadian major who may almost be described as the father of mining engineering in Canada. He had a long and professional career as a mining engineer in the Canadian p ...
(1833 – 1914), a Canadian
mining engineer
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from
Renfrewshire,
Scotland
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,
United Kingdom
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.
Leckie was an owner of the mine in the early 1900s.
See also
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List of mines in Temagami
This is a list of mines in Temagami, a municipality in the northern part of Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. Also included are their alias names, coordinates, workings and the commodities that were mined there. The list contain ...
References
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Leckie Mine Gold mines in Ontario
Underground mines in Canada
Mines in Temagami
Strathy Township
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