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Falconbridge East Mine

Past 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206525
MAS/MILS ID 1220400032
Record type Site
Current site name Falconbridge East Mine
Alternate or previous names Falconbridge East, No Alternate Names.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -80.78307, 46.58169 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Location accuracy 100(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 Secondary
Nickel Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -80.78307, 46.58169
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 77S
    Thickness 1500M
    Length 400M
    Width 8M
    Area 2270HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 PEGMATITE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 POTASSIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N90E:77S
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2270
    Date of Last Modification 830712

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1944
Year of first production 1954
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Sudbury

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Falconbridge Nickel Mines. Ltd (Falco)
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • FALCO IS CONTROLLED BY SUPERIOR OIL CO. OF HOUSTON, TX. SUPERIOR OWNS 26.6% OF MCINTYRE MINES, LTD. WHICH IN TURN OWNS 36.8% OF THE FALCO SHARES. CANADIAN SUPERIOR OIL, LTD. (A SUBSID. OF SUPERIOR OIL CO.) OWNS 26.4% OF MC- INTYRE. CANADIAN SUPERIOR OIL, LTD. OF CALGARY, ALBERTA OWNS 5.4% OF FALCO.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE AND GRADE AS OF 1981. MINE CLOSED IN APRIL 1990
  • RESERVE BASED ON PERSONAL COMMUNICATION W/FALCONBRIDGE EAST MINE PERSONNEL, 1980: 4,500,000 TONS OF DILUTE MINABLE MATERIAL AT 1.5% NICKEL. CU GRADE IS APPROXIMATELY 0.4% AND CO GRADE IS 0.03%.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SHRINKAGE W/CUT AND FILL
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Capacity 1475
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 32.35
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

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    P.110.

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    ABEL, M.K., ET AL. "1979 COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE FOOT-

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    WALL COMPLEX, STRATHCONA MINE, SUDBURY, ONTARIO."

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    CANADIAN MINERALOGIST 17. PP.275-285.

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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, 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 MINING JOURNAL. "THE FALCONBRIDGE STORY." MONTREAL.

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    JUNE 1959.

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    CANDADIAN MINING JOURNAL. REFERENCE MANUAL AND BUYERS GUIDE.

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    MONTREAL, CANADA. 1981.

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    CARD, K.D., ET AL. "GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE SUDBURY-ELLIOT

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    LAKE REGION." 24TH INTERNATIONL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS.

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    MONTREAL, QUEBEC. EXCURSION C 38. 1972B. PP.56.

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

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    ASSOCIATION OF CANADA. SPEC. PAPER NO.11. 1972.PP.

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    335-380.

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

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    CANADA. 1980-1981.

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

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    REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL SETTING." GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

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    OF CANADA. SPEC. PAPER NO.10. 1972. PP.67-78.

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

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

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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, MINERALS DEVELPO-

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    MENT SECTOR, PUBLIC DEPOST FILE. OTTAWA, CANADA.

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    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MINES AND RESOURCES, SURVEY AND MAPP-

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    ING BRANCH. CAPREOL TOPOGRAPH MAP, SCALE 1:50,000,

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    MAP 41-1/10, EDITION 4. OTTAWA 1980. PHOTOGRAPHS 1978.

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    CULTURE CHECK 1978.

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

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

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    SMELTING, AND STEELMAKING. OTTAWA. OCTOBER 1973.

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

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    INCLUSIVE IOK REPORT 1980.

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    FINANACIAL POST, SECTION S ADVERISEMENT. TORONTO, CANADA.

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    OCTOBER 11, 1980.

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

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    AFTER 50 YEARS PRESENT ORE RESERVES EQUAL ORE MINES."

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    CANADAIN 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.

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

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    CANADIAN MINERALOGIST. 7027PP. UPSIDE DOWN ZONING AT

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    FROOD, SUDBURY, ONTARIO. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 60. 1965.

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    PP. 529-75.

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    MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES. MINERALS DEPOSIT REPORTS.

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    PUBLISED INFORMATION, MINERAL ASSESSMENT FILES. 1

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    TORONTO, CANADA.

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    MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES. ONTARIO MINERAL REVIEW,

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    PUBLISHED TORONTO, CANADA. 1971-1976.

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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.

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

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

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    MINE AND ITS BEARING ON THE ORIGIN OF THE NICKEL COPPER

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    ORES OF THE SUDBURY DISTRICT." ONTARIO: JOUR. PETROL.

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    VOL. 8. 1967. 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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    PATTINSON, E.F. "THE SUDBURY SUBLAYER. CANADIAN MINERALOGIST

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    71. 1979. PP.257-274.

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

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    PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP TOP A DISTINCTIVE INCLUSION-

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    BEARING FACIES OF THE NICKEL IRRUPTIVE." SYMPOSIUM ON

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    MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. MOMOGRAPH 4.

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    1969. PP.252-261.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 77-RCD-620-EAST MINE IS CONNECTED TO FALCONBRIDGE MINE. ON THE 726 M, 1587 M, 2540 M, AND THE 3562 LEVELS. EAST MINE WAS PUT ON STANDBY LATE 1975

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JAN-1995 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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