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Creighton Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038443
MRDS ID M045815
Record type Site
Current site name Creighton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.16922, 46.46082 (WGS84)
Relative position NINE MILES WEST 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
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
PGE Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Selenium Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AT MARGIN OF NORITE BODY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Galena Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Granite Altered To Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.16922, 46.46082
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shearing, Faults; Deposit In An Embayment Into Footwall Rocks.

Ore body information

  • General form VERTICAL LENS
    Thickness 91.44M
    Depth to bottom 12M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Edge Of Norite Body; Shear Zones That Cross Cut Embayment, Quartz Diorite Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1856
Discoverer A.P. Salter
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Sudbury District

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 2175.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT DEPTH TO 7000 FT; RAMP TO 7200 FT LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • INITIAL DISCOVERY FORGOTTEN. REDISCOVERED IN 1886 BY HENRY RANGER AS PART OF A FLURRY OF EXPLORATION IN THE AREA. OPEN PIT STARTED IN 1900 (CANADIAN COPPER CO.). MINING CONTINUOUS TO 1990. DIAMOND DRILLING IDENTIFIED MINERALIZATION TO DEPTH. NUMEROUS MINING METHODS HAVE BEEN USED INCLUDING SHRINKAGE, SQUARESET, BLASTHOLE, CUT AND FILL, UNDER CUT AND FILL, POST PILLAR, AND BLOCK CAVING. CURRENT OPERATIONS INCLUDE MECHANIZED CUT AND FILL AND UNDERCUT AND FILL MINING TO BE REPLACED WITH VERTICLE RETREAT MINING. HIGH HORIZONTAL STRESSES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS OPERATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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, SULFIDE ORES OF SUDBURY IN MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: ECON. GEOLOGY MONOGRAPH 4, P. 257

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, J. E., 1962, THE SUDBURY ORES: MIN. ASSN. OF CANADA

  • Deposit

    O'NEILL, J.J., AND GUNNING, 1934, PT AND ALLIED METAL DEPOSITS OF CANADA: CAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT 13, P. 60

  • Deposit

    DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.

  • Deposit

    SUTPHIN AND PAGE, 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-E, 34 P.

  • Deposit

    CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.

  • Deposit

    CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990, VIII SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, OTTAWA, CANADA.

  • Other Database

    ISMI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUDBURY SUBLAYER; SUB-LAYER NORITE CONTAINS MOST OF THE ORE. FOOTWALL IS LOWER HURON VOLCANICS AND GRANITES; HANGING WALL NORITE.
Deposit ORE IS CALLED GABBRO - PERIDOTITE INCLUSION SULFIDE. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT AT MINE IS ONE DEGREE CELCIUS PER 180 FT WITH ROCK TEMPERATURE ON 7000 LEVEL OF 42 DEGREES CELCIUS (108 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1987 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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