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Kidd Creek

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Cadmium, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Tin, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181635
MAS/MILS ID 1220400002
Record type Site
Current site name Kidd Creek
Alternate or previous names Kidd Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.36978, 48.69 (WGS84)
Elevation 288
Location accuracy 1000(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
Cadmium Secondary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Greenockite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.36978, 48.69
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 75E
    Thickness 175M
    Length 660M
    Width 1275M
    Area 90HA
    Depth to top 15M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #3 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip N00S:75E
    Minimum Depth to Top 4
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 15
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4
    Total Surface Area (HA) 90
    Date of Last Modification 810327

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1963
Mining method Open Stope - Other Open Stope Methods
Year of first production 1966
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Porcupine Mining Distric

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Falconbridge, Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1990

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Description 69000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1967
    Description 2757000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1968
    Description 3265000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1969
    Description 3265000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1970
    Description 3253000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1971
    Description 3342000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1972
    Description 3291000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1973
    Description 3274000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1974
    Description 3374000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1975
    Description 3293000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1976
    Description 3242000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1977
    Description 3299000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1978
    Description 3002000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1979
    Description 3680000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1980
    Description 3900000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1981
    Description 4076000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1982
    Description 4321000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1983
    Description 4154000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1984
    Description 4513000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1985
    Description 4533000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1992
    Description Zinc Conc. 113400 Mt Conc.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 113400mt

Comments on the production information

  • COPPER RECOVERY = 92.8%

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Indicated 37200000mt ore
    Demonstrated 37200000mt ore
    Total resources 37200000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3.45 wt-pct Copper Major 1993
    Silver Ag 63 g/mt Silver Major 1993
    Lead Pb 0.15 wt-pct Lead Minor 1993
    Zinc Zn 5.08 wt-pct Zinc Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 32850000mt ore
    Total resources 32850000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 0.2 wt-pct Lead Minor 1993
    Zinc Zn 4.68 wt-pct Zinc Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Measured 22112000mt ore
    Indicated 5503000mt ore
    Demonstrated 27615000mt ore
    Total resources 27615000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.8 wt-pct Copper Major 1995
    Silver Ag 70 g/mt Silver Major 1995
    Zinc Zn 5.86 wt-pct Zinc Major 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Inferred 5617000mt ore
    Total resources 5617000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.13 wt-pct Copper Major 1995
    Silver Ag 74 g/mt Silver Major 1995
    Zinc Zn 9.73 wt-pct Zinc Major 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Indicated 48900000mt ore
    Demonstrated 48900000mt ore
    Total resources 48900000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3.45 wt-pct Copper Major 1988
    Silver Ag 63 g/mt Silver Major 1988
    Lead Pb 0.15 wt-pct Lead Minor 1988
    Zinc Zn 5.08 wt-pct Zinc Major 1988

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CURRENT RESERVES ARE TO 1550 M, BUT THE ORE-BODY EXTENDS DEEPER. *12-93: UNDERGROUND EXPLORATION HAS INDICATED MAJOR EXTENSIONS BELOW THE 5,600 FT. LEVEL. EARLY ESTIMATES SUGGEST ADDITIONAL ORE RESERVES COULD BE AT LEAST 10 MILLION MT, ADDING TO THE CURRENT PROVEN AND PROBABLE TOTAL ORE RESERVES OF AROUND 35 MILLION MT GRADING 4% ZN.
  • CMH, 1988-89, P170. (12/31/87) CMH, 1987-88, P143. (12/31/86)
  • M1C1 = R2 - 3,175,000MTS (EST) - 1979 PRODUCTION. THIS MATRIX PERTAINS TO ORE ABOVE THE 793M LEVEL. M2C1 = R3. THIS MATRIX PERTAINS TO ORE BELOW THE 793M LEVEL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 872M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Percent Waste Rock 6.7
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 3200
    Slope of Inclines 17
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 9196
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 9.03
    Operating Days per Year 360
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1980
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 872M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Percent Waste Rock 6.7
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 3200
    Slope of Inclines 17
    Number of Inclines 1
    Capacity 8409
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 9.11
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 360
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1980
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1524M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 3
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Percent Waste Rock 7.3
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 3792
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 10.74
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 360
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1980

Comments on other economic factors

  • BOTH UNDERGROUND MINES CONTAIN CU-ZN ORE AND PB-ZN ORE; BOTH ORE ARE BLENDED IN CONCENTRATOR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    MATULICH, ANGELO, ET AL. THE ECSTALL STORY: THE GEOLOGY

  • Geology

    DEPARTMENT; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.56-63.

  • Geology

    PYKE, D.R. AND R.S. MIDDELTON. DISTRIBUTION AND

  • Geology

    CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SULFIDE ORES OF THE TIMMINS AREA.

  • Geology

    CIM BULLETIN, JUNE 1971, PP. 55-65.

  • Geology

    WALKER, R.R., ET AL. THE GEOLOGY OF THE KIDD CREEK MINE.

  • Geology

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL.70, 1975, P.80-89.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-79. TEXASGULF INC. P. 291.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1986-87, NORTHERN MINER PRESS,P.147.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1992-1993, P-145.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 1993,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 38, 43, 48.

  • Reserve-Resource

    FALCONBRIDGE LTD., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P.4.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TEXAS GULF INC. 1979 ANNUAL REPORT. P 11.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1979-80, P. 275.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TEXASGULF ANNUAL REPORTS, 1972 THROUGH 1978.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989-90, P. 173.

  • Workings

    COUPLAND, GEORGE C. THE ECSTALL STORY: THE OPEN PIT MINE.

  • Workings

    CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.64-69.

  • Workings

    BELFORD, J. ERIC, ET AL. THE ECSTALL STORY: THE UNDERGROUND

  • Workings

    MINE; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.78-94.

  • Workings

    THOMSON, BARTON A., PETER N. BLAKELY AND JEAN-PAUL PAQUETT.

  • Workings

    THE ECSTALL STORY: THE TRANSITION FROM PIT TO

  • Workings

    UNDERGROUND; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.70-77.

  • Workings

    BROOK HUNT & ASSOCIATES LIMITED-COPPER MINES COST STUDY

  • Workings

    (1988-1995) VOLUME 4 CANADA-PP 200-224.

  • Deposit

    AMSDEN, MICHAEL P. THE ECSTALL STORY: THE ECSTALL

  • Deposit

    CONCENTRATOR; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.105-115.

  • Deposit

    AMSDEN, M.P., C. CHAPMAN AND M.G. READING. COMPUTER CONTROL

  • Deposit

    OF FLOTATION AT ECSTALL. CMJ, JUNE 1973, P. 46.

  • Deposit

    BASKIN, DAVID G. THE ECSTALL STORY: THE RAILROAD AND

  • Deposit

    TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.102-104.

  • Deposit

    BLAKEY, P.N. STOPING PRACTICE AT KIDD CREEK MINE, TIMMINS,

  • Deposit

    ONTARIO. MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL 1979, P. 318-321.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. KIDD CREEK GETS NEW TAILING

  • Deposit

    THICKENER. SEPT. 1976, P. 61.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL'S REFERENCE MANUAL AND BUYER'S GUIDE

  • Deposit

    1978. UNDERGROUND MINING AND COST DATA. P. 89.

  • Deposit

    CIM BULLETIN. MANY CANADIAN SUPPLY COMPANIES INVOLVED AS

  • Deposit

    TEXASGULF COMPLETES NO. 2 SHAFT AT KIDD CREEK. JAN.

  • Deposit

    1979, PP. 188-189.

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, P. RAY. THE ECSTALL STORY: INTRODUCTION. CIM

  • Deposit

    BULL., MAY, 1974, P.51-55.

  • Deposit

    COUPLAND, GEORGE C., BARTON A. THOMAS AND ERIC BELFORD. THE

  • Deposit

    PLANNING AND OPERATION OF THE KIDD CREEK MINE. AIME

  • Deposit

    LEAD-ZINC SYMPOSIUM, CHAP. 16.

  • Deposit

    DOMAAS, FINN B. KIDD CREEK--A HUGE MINING SUCCESS IN

  • Deposit

    ONTARIO; E/MJ, APRIL, 1969, P.87-108.

  • Deposit

    GAUNCE, FRANK S. THE ECSTALL STORY: THE ELECTROLYTIC ZINC

  • Deposit

    PLANT; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.116-124.

  • Deposit

    GREENVILLE, DONALD F. AND GERALD R. LAROCQUE. THE ECSTALL

  • Deposit

    STORY: THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT. CIM BULLETIN,

  • Deposit

    MAY, 1974, P.137-141.

  • Deposit

    MARSHALL, G. MERLE T., ELMAR RANDVEER AND DAVID L. MCKAY.

  • Deposit

    THE ECSTALL STORY: THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL

  • Deposit

    SERVICES DEPARTMENT; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.125-134.

  • Deposit

    MCKAY, D.L. AND K.R. PRETERSE, KIDD CREEK NO.2 SHAFT DONE

  • Deposit

    MOVING 3.4 MILLION CU FT OF ROCK; CMJ, MAY,1979,P.99,101

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE. KIDD CREEK EXPANSION PROJECTS CONFIRMED.

  • Deposit

    MAY 1975, PP. 337-339.

  • Deposit

    O'HALLORAM, GERALD F. THE ECSTALL STORY: THE MAINTENANCE

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.95-101.

  • Deposit

    SCRAGG, ALBERT W. THE ECSTALL STORY: THE ADMINISTRATION

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.135,136.

  • Deposit

    TEXASGULF SULFUR COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS, 1963 THROUGH 1971.

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, B.A., M.P. AMSDEN AND C. CHAPMAN. TEXASGULF

  • Deposit

    CANADA LTD.--KIDD CREEK CONCENTRATOR. MILLING PRACTICE

  • Deposit

    IN CANADA; CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.194-200.

  • Deposit

    WALKER, R.R. AND G.W. MANNARD. GEOLOGY OF THE KIDD CREEK

  • Deposit

    MINE--A PROGRESS REPORT; CIM BULL., DEC., 1974, P.41-57.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINER. BLASTING PROCEDURES IMPROVED AT ECSTALL

  • Deposit

    MINING. SEPT. 1974, PP. 64-66.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, LANE. ELECTROLYTIC ZINC PLANT IS LATEST ADDITION TO

  • Deposit

    GROWING TG COMPLEX. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL,

  • Deposit

    JULY, 1972, P.66-79.

  • Deposit

    MOLLISON, R.D., THE ECSTALL STORY- FORWARD; CIM BULL.,

  • Deposit

    MAY, 1974, P.50.

  • Deposit

    AMSDEN, M.P., KIDD CREEK EXPANSION READY 1981; NORTHERN

  • Deposit

    MINER, OCT. 18, 1979, P.B3.

  • Deposit

    WALTER, M.K., UNDERGROUND WATER TREATMENT AT THE KIDD CREEK

  • Deposit

    MINES; CIM BULL., OCT., 1988, P. 59-62.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING EQUIPMENT, CANADIAN MINE ORDER LAUNCHES

  • Deposit

    ELECTRIC HAUL; JULY, 1987, P. 10.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-97 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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