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Garson Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158181
MAS/MILS ID 1220400036
Record type Site
Current site name Garson Mine
Alternate or previous names No Alternative Names

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.86231, 46.56669 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Nickel Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.86231, 46.56669
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 300M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 POTASSIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Date of Last Modification 830712

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1891
Year of first production 1908
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Sudbury

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Inco Metals Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • MAIN MINE IS TO BE REACTIVATED IN 1995, PRODUCTION IS CURRENTLY FROM OFFSETS. MINE WAS SHUTDOWN SINCE 1986. MINE IS PLANNED TO PRODUCE 27MLB NI AND 23MLB CU WHEN OPERATING. IN 1995.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Measured 14700000mt ore
    Demonstrated 14700000mt ore
    Total resources 14700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.58 wt-pct Nickel Major 1993
    Copper Cu 1.09 wt-pct Copper Minor 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 19500000mt ore
    Total resources 19500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.6 wt-pct Nickel Major 1993
    Nickel Ni 1.1 wt-pct Nickel Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FROM GOLDAR REPORT, BASED UPON PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS,1981: GARSON MINE RESERVES ESTIMATED 15 MILLION DILUTE RECOVERABLE TONS GRADING 1.2% NI AND 1.1% CU FOR 1980.
  • MINE NEEDS UPDATE HAS UNDERGONE MAJOR CHANGES THRU 1986. MINE IS SCHEDULED TO GO BACK INTO PRODUCTION BY 1995 WITH A 2000 MTPD OPERATION AT 1.58 NICKEL AND 1.09 COPPER. MINE WILL OPERATE FOR APPROX. NINE YEARS. RENOVATION COST $40 M. APPROX. 4.8MMT ORE. NICKEL NEWS 2/93. THE MINE TO REOPEN IN 1994.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1250M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 4
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 3846
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 4
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on other economic factors

  • ORE FROM GARSON MINE SENT TO CLARABELLE MILL. THE NI-CU CONCENTRATE IS THEN PIPED TO COPPER CLIFF MILL VIA A 1600 METER PIPELINE. ANOTHER 1600 METER PIPELINE CONTAINS ROUGHER PYRRHOTITE.
  • TWO 1600 METER PIPELINES TRANSPORT CONCENTRATES FROM CLARABELLE MILL TO COPPER CLIFF MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    METAL BULLETIN, THURSDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 1993, P-6.

  • Reserve-Resource

    "INCO RESSURECTS GARSON NICKEL MINE", MINING JOURNAL,

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    LONDON, FEBRUARY 26, 1993, P. 143.

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    E&MJ APRIL 1993, P-WW47.

  • Deposit

    ABEL, M.K., ET AL. "1979 COPPER MINERALIZATION IN FOOTWALL

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    COMPLEX, STRATHCONA MINE, SUDBURY, ONTARIO." CANADIAN

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    MINERALOGIST 17. PP. 275-285.

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    BAIRD, C.F. REMARKS TO THE DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS METAL AND

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    MINING FORM. NEW YORK. FEBRUARY 26, 1980.

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    BAIRD, C.F. TESTIMONY TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INCO AND

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    FALCONBRIDGE LAYOFFS. TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

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    JANUARY 11, 1978.

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    BAIRD, C.F. INCO LIMITED: PUBLIC RELEASE. SEPTEMBER 2 , 1980

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    BATEMAN, A.M. "MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS, SUDBURY, ONTARIO."

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    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 12. 1917. PP. 391-426.

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    BRAY, J.V.G. "NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN SUDBURY GEOLOGY." GEOLOGI-

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    CAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA. SPEC. PAPER 10. 1972

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    BROCOUM, S.J. AND I.W.D. DALZIEL. "THE SUDBURY BASIN,

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    SOUTHERN PROVINCE, GRENVILLE FRONT, AND THE PENOKEAN

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    OROGENY." EOS (AM. GEOPHYS. UNION TRANS.). VOL. 54.

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    1973. P. 461.

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    CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING. MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA.

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    CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16. MONTREAL CANADA. 1977.

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    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK. NORTHERN MINER PRESS, LTD. TORONTO,

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    ONTARIO, CANADA. 1980-81.

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    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. BUYERS GUIDE AND REFERENCE MANUAL.

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    MONTREAL, CANADA. 1977 AND 1980.

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    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. "ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL HAS IMPACT

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    ON SUDBURY AREA." MAY, 1977.

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    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, "THE SUDBURY OPERATIONS OF INCO

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    METALS COMPANY." MONTREAL. MAY 1977.

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    CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16. MONTREAL, CANADA. 1977.

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    CARD, K.D. AND R.W. HUTCHINSON. "THE SUDBURY STRUCTURE: ITS

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    REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL SETTING." GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF

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    CANADA. SPEC. PAPER NO. 11. 1972A. PP. 335-380.

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    CARD, K.D., ET AL. "THE SOUTHERN PROVINCE." GEOLOGICAL

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    ASSOCIATION OF CANADA. SPEC. PAPER NO. 11, 1972A

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    PP. 335-380.

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    CARTER, J.E. INCO LIMITED: REMARKS TO THE ANNUAL MEETING.

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    TORONTO. APRIL 16, 1980.

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    CARTER, J.E. INCO LIMITED: REMARKS TO THE TORONTO SOCIETY

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    OF FINANCIAL ANALYSTS. TORONTO. FEBRUARY 28, 1980.

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    CULLIAN, J.G. ENERGY CONSERVATION AT INCO METALS COMPANY:

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    COMPRESSED AIR IN UNDERGROUND MINING. CIM BULLETIN.

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    MONTREAL. NOVEMBER 1979.

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    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, MINERAL DEVELOP-

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    MENT SECTOR. PUBLIC DEPOSIT FILE. OTTAWA, CANADA.

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    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MINES AND RESOURCES, SURVEYS AND

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    MAPPING BRANCH. CHELMSFORD TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS, SCALE

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    1:50,000, MAP 41-I/11 EDITION 3, OTTAWA 1975.

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    PHOTOGRAPHS, 1974. CULTURE CHECK, 1972.

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    FINANCIAL POST. SECTION 5 ADVERTISEMENT. TORONTO, CANADA

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    OCTOBER 11, 1980.

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, J.E. "THE SUDBURY ORES: THEIR MINEROLOGY AND

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    ORGIN." CANADIAN MINERALOGIST 7. 1962 207 PP. 1965.

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    UPSIDE-DOWN ZONING AT FROOD, SUDBURY, ONTARIO.

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    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 60. 1965. PP. 529-75.

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    HOFFMAN, E.L., ET AL. THE NOBLE METAL CONTENT OF ORE IN THE

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    LEVACK WEST AND LITTLE STOBIE MINES, ONTARIO.

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    CANADIAN MINERALOGIST. VOL. 17, OTTAWA. 1979.

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    INCO ANNUAL REPORTS. 1971-1979.

  • Deposit

    INCO, LIMITED 7.85% PREFERRED SHARES SERIES B OFFERING.

  • Deposit

    NOVEMBER 29, 1977

  • Deposit

    INCO, LIMITED, LITTLE STOBIE MINE TOUR. INTERNATIONAL

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    GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS TOUR. SEPTEMBER 6, 1972.

  • Deposit

    MCCREEDY, J. TESTIMONY TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE

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    ONTARIO LEGISLATURE ON INCO AND FALCONBRIDGE LAYOFF.

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    TORONTO. JANUARY 10, 1979.

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    MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES. ONTARIO MINERAL REVIEW.

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    TORONTO, CANADA.

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    NALDRETT. A.J., ET AL. "CRYPTIC VARIATION AND THE PETROLOGY

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    OF THE SUDBURY NICKEL IRRUPTIVE." ECONOMIC GEOLOGY.

  • Deposit

    VOL. 65. NO. 2. 1970. PP. 122-155.

  • Deposit

    NALDRETT, A.J. AND G. KULLERUND. "A STUDY OF THE STRATHCONA

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    MINE AND ITS BEARING ON THE ORGIN OF THE NICKEL COPPER

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    ORES OF THE SUDBURY DISTRICT, ONTARIO." JOURNAL PETROL.

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    VOL. 8. 1970. PP. 453-531.

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    NALDRETT, A.J., R.H. HEWINS, AND L. GREENMAN. "THE MAIN

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    IRRUPTIVE AND SUBLAYER AT SUDBURY, ONTARIO." 1972.

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    NORTHERN MINER. "INCO THOMPSON 1980 NICKEL OUTPUT IS 90

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    MILLION POUNDS." AUGUST 21, 1980.

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    ONTARIO GOVERNMENT. SOURCE MINERAL DEPOSIT REPORTS; PUBLIC-

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    INFORMATION ASSESSMENT FILES. TORONTO-CANADA.

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    PATTISON, E.F. "THE SUDBURY SUBLAYERS." CANADIAN MINERALO-

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    GISTS 17. 1979. PP. 257-274.

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    ROCHEFORT, W. INTRODUCTION OF LHD EQUIPMENT AT THE INTERNA-

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    TIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, ONTARIO DIVI-

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    SION. CIM UNDERGROUND OPERATORS CONFERENCE. VAL D'OR,

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    CANADA. FEBRUARY 1976.

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    ROYAL NICKEL COMMISION. "THE MURRAY OREBODY." 1971. PP. 179-

  • Deposit

    183.

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    SOUCH, B.E., ET AL. "THE SULPHIDE ORES OF SUDBURY: THEIR

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    PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP TO DISTINCTIVE INCLUSION-

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    BEARING FACIES OF THE NICKEL IRRUPTIVE." SYMPOSIUM OF

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    MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. MONOGRAPH 4.

  • Deposit

    1969. PP. 252-261.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINE PRESS LTD.,

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    P. 139.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, M.A. TESTIMONY TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INCO AND

  • Deposit

    FALCONBRIDGE LAYOFFS. TORONTO, CANADA. JAN 11, 1978.

  • Deposit

    DUNKS, L.T. "MINE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING AT FALCONBRIDGE

  • Deposit

    NICKEL MINES LTD." CIM SEMINAR ON SCHEDULING, MINING.

  • Deposit

    SMELTING, AND STEELMAKING. OTTAWA. OCTOBER 1973.

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    FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES, LTD. ANNUAL REPORTS, 1970 TO 1980

  • Deposit

    INCLUSIVE 10K REPORT 1980.

  • Deposit

    FISH, R. "FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES, SUDBURY OPERATIONS:

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    AFTER 50 YEARS PRESENT ORE RESERVES EQUAL ORE MINED."

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    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. MAY 1978.

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    GLOBE AND MAIL. "FALCONBRIDGE DENIES PLAN TO SHUT DOMINICAN

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    COMPLEX." APRIL 28, 1981.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-79. INCO LIMITED, PP. 141-151

  • Deposit

    CREET, N.A. AND W.J. TAYLOR. BIG HOLE BLASTHOLE DRILLING

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    AT THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, ONTARIO

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    DIVISION. CIM BULLETIN, JULY 1975, PP. 71-78.

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    E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1978, P. 241.

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    TION AND CONTROL AT FROOD-STOBIE MILL. CANADIAN

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    FOWLER, H.B., K.R. KAY AND L. KILPENEN. PROCESS INSTRUMENTA-

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    MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 1971, PP. 49-56.

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    KAY, K.R. AND J.G. PETERSON. COMPUTER CONTROL AT THE CLARA-

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    BELLE MILL. CIM BULLETIN, FEB. 1975, PP. 65-69.

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    MINING MAGAZINE. BLASTHOLE BENCH BLASTING. APR. 1974,

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    PP. 272-273.

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    NOWLAN, G.C. AND R.J. MCNAIR. INCO LIMITED-IRON ORE RECOVERY

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    PLANT. MILLING PRACTICES IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME

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    16, 1978, PP. 248-250.

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    SCHABAS, WILLIAM. COPPER CLIFF COMPLEX: TESTING GROUND FOR

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    NEW MINING METHODS. CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1977.

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    SCHABAS, WILLIAM. CREIGHTON NO. 3 MINE: NEW METHODS AND

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    EQUIPMENT IN AN OLD MINE. CMJ, MAY 1977, PP. 15-22.

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    SCHABAS, W. CREIGHTON NO. 9 MINE: DEEP MINING POSES

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    VENTILATION GROUND PROBLEMS. CMJ, MAY 1977, PP. 23-27.

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    SCHABAS, W. LEVACK COMPLEX: VERTICAL RETREAT STOPES USE

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    CRATER BLASTING TECHNIQUE. CMJ, MAY 1977, PP 30-34.

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    SCHABAS, W. MILLING OPERATIONS MODERNIZED BY COMPUTER PROCES

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    S CONTROL. CMJ, MAY 1977, PP. 49-56.

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    VENUS, P.F. AND G.W. JOHNSTON. LARGE UNDERGROUND BLAST AT

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    INCO USING SLURRY EXPLOSIVES, CIM BULLETIN, APR. 1978.

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    WORLD MINING. BENCH BLASTING UNDERGROUND AT INCO. AUG.

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    1974, P. 41.

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    WHITE, LANE. OPEN-PIT CONCEPTS BOOST INTO PRODUCTIVITY

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    UNDERGROUND. ENGINEER AND MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1975,

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    PP. 101-104.

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    ZURBRIGG, H.F. THE FROOD-STOBIE MINE. STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY

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    OF CANADIAN ORE DEPOSITS, VOL. II, 1957, PP. 341-350

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    AMERICAN METAL MARKET-NICKEL, SUPPLEMENT, MAY 12, 1993.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE IS STILL TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN, HOWEVER, PLANS ARE NOW IN EFFECT TO RE-OPEN THE MINE IN 1995.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-AUG-1994 Bleiwas, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

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