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Frood Mine

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Gold, Platinum, Copper, Nickel
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038442
MRDS ID M045814
Record type Site
Current site name Frood Mine
Alternate or previous names Frood - Stobie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.99977, 46.53332 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES NORTH OF SUDBURY

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
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Gold Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.99977, 46.53332
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, OFFSET LODE, WEDGE - SHAPED
    Length 1310.64M
    Width 274.32M
    Depth to bottom 1188.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Edge Of Norite Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sudbury District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner International Nickel Co. Of Canada, Ltd. (Inco)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL, J. J. AND GUNNING, H. C., 1934, PT AND ALLIED METAL DEPOSITS OF CANADA: CAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ECON. REPT. 13, P. 58

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J. B., 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, P. 21

  • Deposit

    SOUCH, B. E., AND PODOLSKY, T., 1969, THE SULFIDE ORES OF SUDBURY IN MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: ECON. GEOL. MONOGRAPH 4, P. 259

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, J. E., 1962, THE SUDBURY ORES: MIN. ASSN. OF CANADA, V. 7, PT. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

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