Larder Lake gold camp

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Larder Lake gold camp is a historic gold-mining district in northeastern Ontario, Canada, known for its early 20th-century gold discoveries and proximity to the prolific Kirkland Lake mining area.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gold-mining district
historic mining area
mining camp
administrativeArea Larder Lake Township
associatedCommodity sulphide minerals
associatedWith Larder Lake–Cadillac fault zone
commodity gold
country Canada
discoveryPeriod early 1900s
early 20th century
economicSignificance historically important gold producer in Ontario
eraOfMajorDevelopment first half of the 20th century
explorationActivity subject to ongoing gold exploration
explorationHistory subject to intermittent exploration since early 1900s
geologicalAge Archean
geologicalSetting Abitibi Subprovince of the Superior Province
hostRockType Archean volcanic rocks
mafic to intermediate volcanic rocks
sedimentary rocks
hostStructure quartz-carbonate veins
shear zones
knownFor Archean greenstone-hosted gold deposits
early 20th-century gold discoveries
gold mining
lode gold deposits
locatedIn Canadian Shield
Larder Lake area
Northeastern Ontario mining region
Ontario
northeastern Ontario
mineralizationType orogenic gold
vein-hosted gold
miningMethod open-pit mining
underground mining
near Cadillac–Malartic gold camp
Kirkland Lake gold camp
Kirkland Lake, Ontario
linked to: Kirkland Lake

Rouyn–Noranda mining district
partOf Abitibi gold belt
Abitibi greenstone belt
Larder Lake–Cadillac deformation zone
province Ontario
region Timiskaming District
resourceType hard-rock gold deposits
structuralControl major regional shear zones

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Kirkland Lake locatedNear Larder Lake gold camp