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Shebandowan Mine

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, PGE, Cobalt, Selenium, 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106772
MRDS ID ISM0197
Record type Site
Current site name Shebandowan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.24734, 48.59583 (WGS84)
Relative position NO. 2 SHAFT; 250 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quetico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Comments on the location information

  • CENTRAL SOUTHERN DEPOSIT AREA MINES: RASVUMCHORR (33 DEG. 53'E; 67 DEG. 37'N); KIROV-KUKISVUMCHORR (33 DEG. 42'E; 67 DEG. 42'N); YUKSPOR (33 DEG. 44'E; 67 DEG. 42'N); KOASHVA (33 DEG. 57'E; 67 DEG. 38'N); TSENTRALNY (33 DEG. 55'E; 67 DEG. 37'N)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
PGE Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Selenium Primary
Tellurium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PHOSPHATE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.24734, 48.59583
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sheared Peridotite (Serpentinite) Lenses In Mafic Metavolcanics (Original Environment Uncertain).

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 30M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; APATITE (36 %); NEPHELINE (44 %); TITANITE (4 %); TITANOMAGNETITE (2.3 %); AEGIRINE (11 %); FELDPA7R (0.6 %); LAYERED INTRUSIVE COMPLEX

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Year of first production 1972
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name Thunder Bay Mining Division, Thunder Bay District

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION SHALL AMOUNT 22 MILLION TPY ORIGINATING FROM 60 MILLION TPY ORE BY 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BREAKDOWN TO DEPOSITS AND OREFIELDS, SEE REP4

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(YES); EXPLORATION(UNKNOWN); APATITE CONCENTRATES FROM KHIBINY CONTAIN ABOUT 39.4 % P2O5. ROM-ORES GRADE 15-20 % P2O5

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1972, SMDR000788.

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P., 1982, ARCHEAN VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY, AND PETROLOGY AND CHEMISTRY OF MAFIC AND ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS, CHROMI-TE, AND THE SHEBANDOWAN NICKEL-COPPER MINE, SHEBANDOWAN, NW ON-TARIO: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. THESIS, CARLETON UNIVERSITY, OTTAWA,- 346 P.

  • Deposit

    MORIN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE LOWER SHEBANDOWAN LAKE AREA: ONTARIO DEPT. OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL REPORT 110, 45 -P.

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.). SURFACE, UNDERGROUND CRUSHING, GRINDING, FLOTATION BREAKDOWN OF KHIBINY APATITE-ORE RESOURCES: 1) ZENTRAL BLOC: KUKISVUMCHORR 547.7 MILLION TONNES; 15.7-18.1 % P2O5; YUKSPOR 466.8 MILLION TONNES; 14.0-19.1 % P2O5; APATITOVGY TSIRK 151.1 MILLION TONNES; 15.3-18.3 % P2O5; PLATO RASVUMCHORR 582.6 MILLION TONNES; 17.6-18.9 % P2O5; EVESLOGCHORR 297.3 MILLION TONNES; 15.0 % P2O5; KOASHVA 631.1 MILLION TONNES; 16.2 % P2O5; 2) N'ORPAKH-BLOC: N'ORPAKH-SUOLUYO 125.2 MILLION TONNES; 13.1-16 % P2O5; 3) KUEL'POR BLOC: KUEL'POR 31.6 MILLION TONNES; 15 % P2O5; PARTOMCHORR-LYAVOYOK 434.0 MILLION
Deposit TONNES; 8.4 % P2O5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Zwartendyk, Jan Energy Mines and Resources of Canada

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