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Kidd Creek Mine

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Tin, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073135
MRDS ID W018979
Record type Site
Current site name Kidd Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.34978, 48.5 (WGS84)
Relative position 29 KM BY ROAD N OF TIMMINS. KIDD TWP.

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
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Cadmium Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 3 TYPES OF MINERALIZATION: 1) MASSIVE CHALCOPYRITE AND SPHALERITE (SOUTH END MAINLY) 2) BRECCIA ORE (CHALCOPYRITE FORMING PART OF AND REPLACING THE MATRIX IN A RHYOLITE BRECCIA) 3) REPLACEMENT OF PYRITE NODULES AND FELSIC FRAGMENTS BY CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE AND GALENA IN A GRAPHITIC UNIT. ANOTHER SOURCE (MINING ENGINEERING 6-8-76 P 26) STATES 4 ZONES 1) COPPER STRINGER ORE, 2) MASSIVE PYRITE ORE 3) MASSIVE SPHALERITE AND CHALCOPYRITE 4) BANDED AND VARIABLE ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Acanthite Ore
Bismuth Ore
Bismuthinite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Covellite Ore
Electrum Ore
Enargite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Rutile Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stannite Ore
Stromeyerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Albite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Cassiterite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Galena Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Chloritization, Sericitisation, Carbonatisation

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Andesite, Diorite, Dacite, Graywacke, Rhyolite
    Rock description Andesite, Diorite, Dacite, Graywacke, Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.34978, 48.5
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Destor - Porcupine Fault Zone, Overturned Synclinorium
Type of structure Local
Structure description Large Body Of Gabbro And Serpentinite, An Altered Peridotite Lense, Brecciated Rhyolite Pipe

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 85 DEG E
    Plunge 75 DEG
    Plunge direction N
    Length 671M
    Width 183M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1963
Discoverer Texasgulf Inc
Year of first production 1965

Mining district

District name Timmins Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Falconbridge Ltd.

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Material CONC
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Cu Concentrates (1179 Mt Cu - Ag Conc)
  • Year 1974
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^9.7 % Zn, 1.55 % Cu, .4 % Pb, 146 G/Mt Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 146g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 10wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SULFUR IS ALSO RECOVERED. 9072 MTPD MILL. $95 MILLION EXPANSION T 5 MIL TPY BY 1980.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Demonstrated 32750000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 87.8 g/mt Silver Major 1974
    Copper Cu 2.66 wt-pct Copper Major 1974
    Zinc Zn 6.11 wt-pct Zinc Major 1974
    Lead Pb 0.2 wt-pct Lead Major 1974
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Inferred 47080000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 87.8 g/mt Silver Major 1974
    Copper Cu 2.66 wt-pct Copper Major 1974
    Zinc Zn 6.11 wt-pct Zinc Major 1974
    Lead Pb 0.2 wt-pct Lead Major 1974
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 446000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 67 g/mt Silver Major 1990
    Copper Cu 3.53 wt-pct Copper Major 1990
    Zinc Zn 5.08 wt-pct Zinc Major 1990
    Lead Pb 0.16 wt-pct Lead Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEMS 1 TO 3 - ABOVE 853 M LEVEL ONLY. TOTAL RESERVES ARE OFTEN ESTIMATED AT 3 TIMES THE ABOVE AMOUNT.
  • ITEMS 1 TO 3 - ABOVE 853 M LEVEL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 39HA
    Overall depth 1400M
    Overall length 724.2M
    Overall width 488M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT BEING SUPPLANTED WITH ORE FROM UNDERGROUND. PRESENTLY 17 DEG WINDING RAMP AND 3 COMPARTMENT SHAFT SERVE 7 LEVELS TO 853 M. ORE INDICATED TO OVER 1219 M DEPTH. WASTE TO ORE 1.8: 1. ULTIMATE OPEN PIT TO BE 232 M DEEP. PLANS CALL FOR NEW SHAFT TO 1554 M. 1990: PIT 610M X 305M X 245M; STRIP RATIO 2:1; UNDERGROUND MINING TO 1400 M WITH 120 KM DEVELOPMENT.

Comments on development

  • NO 3 SHAFT FROM 4600 FT LEVEL TO 7000 FT BEING DEVELOPED. PRODUCTION TO BEGIN IN LATE 1992. ; MILL.CAP: 4.5 MILLION MT/Y ; ECON.COM: 3 TYPES OF ORE: 1) SILICIOUS COPPER, 2) SILVER - LEAD 3) MIXED CU - ZN WITH VARIABLE PYRITE, AG. SORTING AND SEPARATION POSE METALLURGICAL PROBLEMS. LEAD - ZINC - SILVER ORES MUST BE HANDLED SEPARATELY FROM CU - ZN ORES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHKLANKA, ROMAN, 1969, COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF ONTARIO; ONTARIO DEPT MINES, MIN. RES. CIRC. 12, P 121, 122

  • Deposit

    COUPLAND, G. C., THOMAS, B. A., BELFORD, ERIC, 1970, THE PLANNING AND OPERATION OF THE KIDD CREEK MINE; IN RAUSCH D.O., & MARICHER, AIME SYMP PB - ZN, V 1 P 274 - 88

  • Deposit

    PYKE, D. R., MIDDLETON, R. S., 1971, DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SULPHIDE ORES OF THE TIMMINS AREA; CAN MINING & METALL. BULL, V 64, NO 710, 6 - 71, P 55 - 66

  • Deposit

    TAIT, R. J. C., CLARKE, P. R., AMSDEN, M. P., 1970, PROCESS CONTROL AT THE ECSTALL CONCENTRATOR; AIME SYMP PB & ZN, V. 1, P 571.

  • Deposit

    MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, 78 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL TEXASGULF INC - ORE OUTLINE

  • Production

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1975-76, MINING ENGINEERING 6-8-76 P 26. CORE SHED DISPLAY APPENDIX, 1990.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUR. 10-75 P 181

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REGIONAL HALOES INCLUDE NA2O DEPLETION (FELDSPAR DESTRUCTION, K20 ENRICHMENT)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Schruben, Paul G. 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Falconbridge Ltd. — now part of Subsidiary of Glencore (2013)
    Acquired by Xstrata in 2006; Xstrata merged into Glencore in 2013.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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