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Lockerby Mine

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. 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 10279374
MAS/MILS ID 1220400068
Record type Site
Current site name Lockerby Mine
Alternate or previous names No Alternate Names.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -81.32539, 46.42419 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
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

Main Entrance (1) -81.32539, 46.42419
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 1220M
    Length 175M
    Width 22.6M
    Area 800HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Strike And Dip N35E:90
    Total Surface Area (HA) 800
    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 1919
Mining method Combined Methods
Year of first production 1969
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Sudbury

Ownership information

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

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1971
    Indicated 13484000mt ore
    Demonstrated 13484000mt ore
    Total resources 13484000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.84 wt-pct Nickel Major 1971
    Copper Cu 0.71 wt-pct Copper Minor 1971

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DATE FOR RESOURCE IS 1979, BUT BASED ON QUESTIONABLE METHOD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method FILLED STOPES
    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 OPEN
    Capacity 1815
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 28
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    *NICKEL NEWS, MAR. 7, 1994, ISSUE NO. 9/52, P. 10.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CAN$50 MILLION DEBENTURE ISSUE BY FALCO, FEBRUARY 24, 1971.

  • Workings

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, REMOTE-CONTROLLED LHD BOOSTS

  • Workings

    PROFIT IN LOCKERBY BLASTHOLE STOPES; MAY, 1978, P.64,65.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WALL COMPLEX, STRATHCONA MINE, SUDBURY, ONTARIO." CANA-

  • Deposit

    DIAN MINERALOGIST 17. PP. 275-285.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA. SPEC. PAPER 10. 1972.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PROVINCE, GRENVILLE FRONT, AND THE PENOKEAN

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1973. P. 461.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 110.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK. NORTHERN MINER PRESS, LTD. TORONTO

  • Deposit

    CANADA. 1980-81.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. REFERENCE MANUAL AND BUYERS GUIDE.

  • Deposit

    MONTREAL, CANADA. 1981.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL SETTING." GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LAKE REGION." 24TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS.

  • Deposit

    MONTREAL, QUEBEC. EXCURSION C 38. P. 56.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CIATION OF CANADA. SPEC. PAPER NO. 11. 1972A. PP. 335-

  • Deposit

    380.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FALCONBRIDGE LAYOFFS. TORONTO, CANADA. JANUARY 11, 1978

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, MINERAL DEVELOP-

  • Deposit

    MENT SECTOR, PUBLIC DEPOSIT FILE. OTTAWA, CANADA.

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, SURVEY AND

  • Deposit

    MAPPING BRANCH. CHELMSFORD TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, SCALE

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PHOTOGRAPHS 1971. CULTURE CHECK 1972.

  • Deposit

    DUNKS, L.T. "MINE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING, MINING, SMELTING,

  • Deposit

    AND STEELMAKING. OTTAWA. OCTOBER 1973.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    INCLUSIVE 10K REPORT, 1980.

  • Deposit

    FINANCIAL POST, SECTON S ADVERTISEMENT. TORONTO, CANADA.

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 11, 1980.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AFTER 50 YEARS PRESENT ORE RESERVES EQUAL ORE MINED."

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. MAY 1978.

  • Deposit

    GLOBE AND MAIL. "FALCONBRIDGE DENIES PLAN TO SHUT DOMINICAN

  • Deposit

    COMPLEX." APRIL 28, 1981.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINERALOGIST. 7,207 PP. UPSIDE DOWN ZONING AT

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PP. 529-75.

  • Deposit

    MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES. ONTARIO MINERAL REVIEW.

  • Deposit

    TORONTO, CANADA. 1971-1976.

  • Deposit

    MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES, SOURCE MINERAL DEPOSIT REPORT

  • Deposit

    PUBLIC INFORMATION, MINERAL ASSESSMENT FILES. TORONTO,

  • Deposit

    CANADA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OF THE SUDBURY NICKEL IRRUPTIVE." ECONOMIC GEOLOGY.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINE AND ITS BEARING ON THE ORIGIN OF THE NICKEL COPPER

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VOL 8. 1967. PP. 453-531.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    IRRUPTIVE AND SUBLAYER AT SUDBURY, ONTARIO." 1972.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER. APRIL 14, 1977.

  • Deposit

    PATTINSON, E.F. "THE SUDBURY SUBLAYER." CANADIAN MINERALO-

  • Deposit

    GIST. 17. 1979. PP. 257-274.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP TO A DISTINCTIVE INCLUSION-

  • Deposit

    BEARING FACIES OF THE NICKEL IRRUPTIVE" SYMPOSIUM ON

  • Deposit

    MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. MONOGRAPH 4.

  • Deposit

    1969. PP. 252-261.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE WAS CLOSED INDEFINITELY AS OF JUNE 1, 1994.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-97 Bleiwas, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

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