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Levack

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Nickel, PGE, Palladium, Platinum, Silver
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181649
MAS/MILS ID 1220400039
Record type Site
Current site name Levack
Alternate or previous names No Alternate Name

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.37759, 46.65059 (WGS84)
Elevation 350
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
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pentlandite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.37759, 46.65059
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 60M
    Length 365M
    Width 50M
    Depth to top 200M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N45E:45S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 200
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830712
  • Strike N45E
    Dip 40E
    Thickness 1500M
    Length 365M
    Width 60M
    Area 500HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45E:40E
    Total Surface Area (HA) 500
    Date of Last Modification 830712

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1888
Mining method Combined Methods
Year of first production 1913
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Sudbury

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Description 16021000 Mt Ore/Yr
  • Year 1966
    Description 16021000 Mtpy
  • Year 1967
    Description 16021000 Mtpy
  • Year 1968
    Description 16021000 Mtpy
  • Year 1969
    Description 16021000 Mtpy
  • Year 1970
    Description 2146399 Mtpy

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION CEASED IN 1993 WITH SUFFICIENT RESERVES FOR THREE YEARS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Percent Waste Rock 1.8
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 4490
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 34.44
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on other economic factors

  • FILL MATERIAL IS SAND OBTAINED FROM A SAND PLANT ON THE MINE SITE. DIMENSIONAL DATA ARE UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    *NICKEL NEWS, JULY 3, 1993, ISSUE NO. 27/52, P. 3.

  • Production

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, JULY 2, 1993, P-5.

  • Workings

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

  • Workings

    COMPRESSED AIR IN UNDERGROUND MINING; CIM BULL .,

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, ONTARIO

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES 1978. INCO LIMITED. P. 186.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TATION AND CONTROL AT FROOD-STOBIE MILL. CANADIAN

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, J.E. UPSIDE-DOWN ZONING AT FROOD, SUDBURY, ONTARIO.

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 60, 1965, PP. 529-575.

  • Deposit

    INCO LTD., STAFF. INCO LIMITED ONTARIO DIVISION MILLS.

  • Deposit

    MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16,1978.

  • Deposit

    KAY, K.R. AND J.G. PATERSON. COMPUTER CONTROL AT THE

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE. BLASTHOLD BENC BLASTING. APR. 1974.

  • Deposit

    PP. 272-273.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RECOVERY PLANT. MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA, CIM SPECIAL

  • Deposit

    VOLUME 16, 1978, PP. 248-250.

  • Deposit

    SCHABAS, WILLIAM. COPPER CLIFF COMPLEX: TESTING GROUND FOR

  • Deposit

    NEW MINING METHODS. CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1977.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SCHABAS, W. LEVACK COMPLEX: VERTICAL RETREAT STOPES USE

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SCHABAS, W. MILLING OPERATIONS MODERNIZED BY COMPUTER

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING. BENCH BLASTING UNDERGROUND AT INCO. AUG.

  • Deposit

    1974, P. 41.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, LANE, OPEN-PIT CONCEPTS BOOST INCO PRODUCTIVITY

  • Deposit

    UNDERGROUND. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1975.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ARBITER, N. "PRACTICE AT COPPER CLIFF, CREIGHTON, LEVACK,

  • Deposit

    AND THOMPSON MILLS." MILLING METHODS IN THE AMERICAS.

  • Deposit

    GORDON AND BREACH, NEW YORK. 1964. PP. 356-361.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINING FORM. NEW YORK. FEBRUARY 26, 1980.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FALCONBRIDGE LAYOFFS. TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

  • Deposit

    JANUARY 11, 1978.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING. MILLING PRACTICE IN CANADA.

  • Deposit

    CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16. MONTREAL, CANADA. 1977.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. BUYERS GUIDE AND REFERENCE MANUAL.

  • Deposit

    MONTREAL. 1977 AND 1980.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. "ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL HAS IMPACT

  • Deposit

    ON SUDBURY AREA." MAY 1977.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. "LEVACK COMPLEX: VERTICAL RETREAT

  • Deposit

    STOPES USE CRATER BLASTING TECHNIQUE." MAY 1977. P. 30.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. "THE SUDBURY OPERATIONS OF INCO

  • Deposit

    METALS COMPANY." MONTREAL. MAY 1977.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TORONTO. APRIL 16, 1980.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FINANCIAL ANALYSIS. TORONTO. FEBRUARY 28, 1980.

  • Deposit

    CULLAIN, J.G. "ENERGY CONSERVATION AT INCO METALS COMPANY:

  • Deposit

    COMPRESSED AIR IN UNDERGROUND MINING." CIM BULLETIN.

  • Deposit

    MONTREAL. NOVEMBER 1979. P. 76.

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MINES AND RESOURCES, MINERAL

  • Deposit

    DEVELOPMENT SECTOR. PUBLIC DEPOSIT FILE. OTTAWA,

  • Deposit

    CANADA.

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MINES AND RESOURCES, SURVEYS AND

  • Deposit

    MAPPING BRANCH. CHELMSFORD TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, SCALE

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN 1971. CULTURE CHECK IN 1972.

  • Deposit

    FINANCIAL POST. SECTION 5 ADVERTISEMENT. TORONTO, CANADA.

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 11, 1980.

  • Deposit

    INCO ANNUAL REPORTS 1971-1979.

  • Deposit

    INCO LIMITED 7.85% PREFERRED SHARES SERIES B OFFERING.

  • Deposit

    NOVEMBER 29, 1977.

  • Deposit

    MCCREEDY, J. TESTIMONY TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE

  • Deposit

    ONTARIO LEGISLATURE ON INCO AND FALCONBRIDGE LAYOFF,

  • Deposit

    TORONTO. JANUARY 10, 1979.

  • Deposit

    MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES. ONTARIO MINERAL REVIEW.

  • Deposit

    TORONTO, CANADA.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER. "INCO THOMPSON 1980 NICKEL OUTPUT IS 90

  • Deposit

    MILLION POUNDS." AUGUST 21, 1980.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD. CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK. TORONTO,

  • Deposit

    ONTARIO, CANADA. 1980-1981.

  • Deposit

    ONTARIO GOVERNMENT. SOURCE MINERAL DEPOSIT REPORTS, PUBLIC

  • Deposit

    INFORMATION-MINERAL ASSESSMENT FILES. TORONTO, CANADA.

  • Deposit

    ROCHEFORT, W. INTRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC LHD EQUIPMENT AT THE

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED, ONTARIO

  • Deposit

    DIVISION. CIM UNDERGROUND OPERATORS CONFERENCE. VAL

  • Deposit

    D'OR, CANADA. FEBRUARY 1976.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-1995 Bleiwas, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

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