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Creighton Mine

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Tellurium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024584
MRDS ID ISM0308
Record type Site
Current site name Creighton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.17895, 46.4611 (WGS84)
Relative position MINE BUILDINGS; 300 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
PGE Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Tellurium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REPRESENTED BY EACH METAL OUT OF THE TOTAL PGE'S PLUS AU WOULD BE AS FOLLOWS: PT 30-40% (0.21 TO 0.40 G/TONNE), PD 40-45% (0.38 TO 0.45 G/TONNE), OS+IR+RU+RH 6-11% (0.04 TO 0.15 G/TONNE), AU 5-15% (0.04 TO 0.15 G/TONNE). SUPPORT FOR THOSE FIGURES IS PROVIDED BY INCO LIMITED'S 10-K ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1980 (RF 9, P.8) AS FOLLOWS: "IN GENERAL WITH RESPECT TO THE RELATIVE PERCENTAGES OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS AND GOLD RECOVERED FROM ORES PROCESSED BY THE COMPANY, OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THESE METALS RECOVERED SOME 35% IS PLATINUM, 45% IS PALLADIUM, 11% IS GOLD AND THE BALANCE IS DIVIDED AMONG RHODIUM, RUTHENIUM AND IRIDIUM."
  • PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS. INCO'S PRODUCTION FIGURES OBTAINED FROM INCO LIMITED'S ANNUAL REPORTS FOR ALL OF INCO'S MINES IN CANADA DURING THE YEARS 1945 TO 1983, PERMIT CALCULATION OF AN AVERAGE RECOVERED GRADE OF 0.7 TO 1.0 G/TONNE TOTAL PGE PLUS AU. THESE FIGURES REPRESENT MAINLY PRODUCTION FROM SUDBURY, BUT AFTER 1961, INCLUDE PRODUCTION FROM THE THOMPSON, MANITOBA MINES. PRODUCTION FROM THE SHEBANDOWAN MINE NEAR THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO, IS ALSO INCLUDED BUT THAT MINE'S OUTPUT IS SMALL RELATIVE TO BOTH SUDBURY AND THOMPSON. THE THOMPSON MINES ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 10% OF THE PGE PLUS AU PRODUCED ANNUALLY (RF9, P. 8). BECAUSE THE GRADE OF PGE PLUS AU AT THOMPSON APPEARS TO BE LOWER THAN SUDBURY'S (SEE REPORTING FORM FOR PIPE NO. 2 MINE) THE ABOVE CITED AVERAGE RECOVERED GRADE OF PGE PLUS AU MAY BE REGARDED AS A MINIMUM FOR INCO'S SUDBURY MINES. IF PUBLISHED ANALYSES OF SAMPLES OF INCO SUDBURY ORES (PYE, NALDRETT AND GIBLIN, RF6) ARE REPRESENTATIVE, THE APPROXIMATE PROPORTIONS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
    Rock unit name Sudbury Sublayer;Creighton Granite
    Rock description Sudbury Sublayer;Creighton Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.17895, 46.4611
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion At Base Of Sudbury Nickel Irruptive.

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LATE FAULTING; PYTT + PNLD + CLCP.; THE DEPOSIT OCCUPIES AN EMBAYMENT IN THE BASE OF THE MAIN IRRUPTIVE. ORE CONSISTS MAINLY OF XENOLITHIC GABBRONORITE CONTAINING SULPHIDES THAT INCREASE IN ABUNDANCE DOWNWARD. THE LOWERMOST ORE IS XENOLITHIC MASSIVE SULPHIDE, FAULT-BOUNDED PROJECTIONS OF WHICH EXTEND INTO THE FOOTWALL ROCKS. XENOLITHS ARE OF PERIDOTITE, GABBRO, AND METAVOLCANIC ROCK. IN INCO MINES, SUDBURY, THE COMPOSITE DESCRIPTION OF PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT MINERALS IS AS FOLLOWS: THE MOST COMMON MINERALS ARE MICHENERITE (PDBITE) AND SPERRYLITE (PTAS2). LESS COMMON ARE MONCHEITE (PTTE2) FOUND ONLY IN THE NORTH RANGE DEPOSITS TO DATE, AND MERENSKYITE (PDTE2). SMALL BUT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF PT, PD AND RH OCCUR IN COBALITE AND GERSDORFFITE, MAINLY IN SOUTH RANGE DEPOSITS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1978

Mining district

District name Sudbury Mining Division; Sudbury District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner International Nickel Co. Of Canada, Ltd. (Inco)
    Home office Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Production statistics

  • Year 1981
    Period 1977-1981
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.37% Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Nickel Nickel 1wt-pct
  • Year 1983
    Period 1979-1983
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 1.31% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1983
    Period 1979-1983
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.36% Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Nickel Nickel 1wt-pct
  • Year 1983
    Period 1979-1983
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ .05% Co
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cobalt Cobalt 0wt-pct
  • Year 1983
    Period 1979-1983
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 1.27% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1983
    Period 1950-1983
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 0.2 G/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 0g/mt
  • Year 1983
    Period 1950-1983
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 4 G/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 4g/mt
  • Year 1983
    Period 1950-1983
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 0.02% Co
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cobalt Cobalt 0wt-pct
  • Year 1983
    Period 1950-1983
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 1.04% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1983
    Period 1950-1983
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.25% Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Nickel Nickel 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • BASED ON COMPANY REPORTS ON ANNUAL PRODUCTION AND METAL DELIVERIES, WITH ALLOWANCES FOR MILLING AND SMELTING LOSSES. COMPANY REPORTS DATA FOR INTEGRATED OPERATIONS. ESTIMATES GIVEN HERE ARE PARTLY SPECULATIVE. BASED ON COMPANY REPORTS ON ANNUAL PRODUCTION AND METAL DELIVERIES WITH ALLOWANCES FOR MILLING AND SMELTING LOSSES. COMPANY REPORTS DATA FOR INTEGRATED OPERATIONS. ESTIMATES GIVEN HERE ARE PARTLY SPECULATIVE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 36000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.24 wt-pct Nickel Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOUCH, B.E., PODOLSKY, T., AND GEOLOGICAL STAFF, THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, 1969, THE SULPHIDE ORES OF SUDBURY: THEIR PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP TO A DISTINCTIVE INCLUSION-BEARING FACIES OF THE NICKEL IRRUPTIVE; IN WILSON, H.D.B., (ED.), MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: A SYMPOSIUM; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MONOGRAPH NO. 4, LANCASTER, PA., LANCASTER PRESS INC., P. 252-261.
  • DATA ON PRODUCTION AND RESERVES FOR CREIGHTON MINE COVER ALL ONTARIO OPERATIONS OF INCO LIMITED, INCLUDING THE PRINCIPAL SUDBURY DEPOSITS (15) AND THE SHEBANDOWAN MINE. PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT AND COBALT GRADES NOT PUBLISHED BY COMPANY.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS; X; WEAK NICKEL DEMAND AND WORLD-WIDE OVERCAPACITY.). DEVELOPMENT(YES); EXPLORATION(YES); DEGREE OF EXPANSION CAPABILITY BASED UPON KNOWN CAPACITY AND CURRENT OUTPUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INCO LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORTS, TORONTO, ONTARIO.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, TORONTO, ONTARIO, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LIMITED.

  • Deposit

    PYE, E.G., NALDRETT, A.J. AND GIBLIN, P.E., (EDS.), 1984, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUDBURY STRUCTURE; ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL VOLUME 1, TORONTO, ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 603 P.

  • Deposit

    CABRI, L.J., 1981, MINERALOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PLATINUM GROUP IN MILL SAMPLES FROM THE CU-NI DEPOSITS OF THE SUDBURY, ONTARIO AREA; IN MCGACHIE, R.O., AND BRADLEY, A.G., (EDS.), PRECIOUS METALS: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH PRECIOUS METALS CONFERENCE, TORONTO, JUNE 1980; TORONTO, PERGAMON OF CANADA, 313 P., P. 23-34.

  • Deposit

    CABRI, L.J., AND LAFLAMME, J.H.G., 1984, MINERALOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN MILL PRODUCTS FROM SUDBURY, IN APPLIED MINERALOGY: PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON APPLIED MINERALOGY IN THE MINERALS INDUSTRY, LOS ANGELES, FEBRUARY 22-25, 1984; WARRENDALE, PA., METALLURGICAL SOCIETY OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, 1194 P., P. 911-922.

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES, SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, INCO LIMITED, ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1980, FORM 10-K.

  • Deposit

    ZWARTENDYK JAN

  • Deposit

    CANMPS

  • Production

    PA1 - PA5: EMR ESTIMATES. PC1-PC6: EMR ESTIMATE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). UNDERGROUND 0 INTERMEDIATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Swartendyk, Jan Mineral Policy Sector, Dept. of Energy Mines & Resources, Ottawa, Canada

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