The mine was discovered in the early part of the twentieth century, however interest was limited as a result of silver and gold discoveries in northeastern Ontario.

While the Ontario government offered bounties to producers of iron ore, there was little interest in putting any iron mine into production as a result of cheaper Mesabi Range ores from the US and the Great Depression.

It was only in the 1950s that Canadian steel producers started to investigate domestic supplies of iron ore.

The waste piles are currently used by the municipality as a source of crushed stone for road works.

[1] These 2.7 billion year old formations consist of thin layers of sediment that were deposited in a marine environment and subsequently metamorphosed.