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Creighton Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024465
MRDS ID ISM0182
Record type Site
Current site name Creighton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.17895, 46.4611 (WGS84)
Relative position MINE BUILDINGS; 300 M

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
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
PGE Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Selenium Primary
Tellurium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
    Rock unit name Sudbury Sublayer;Creighton Granite
    Rock description Sudbury Sublayer;Creighton Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.17895, 46.4611
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion At Base Of Sudbury Nickel Irruptive.

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LATE FAULTING; PYTT + PNLD + CLCP; THE DEPOSIT OCCUPIES AN EMBAYMENT IN THE BASE OF THE MAIN IRRUPTIVE. ORE CONSISTS MAINLY OF XENOLITHIC GABBRO-NOR-ITE CONTAINING SULPHIDES THAT INCREASE IN ABUNDANCE DOWNWARD. - THE LOWERMOST ORE IS XENOLITHIC MASSIVE SULPHIDE, FAULT-BOUND-ED PROJECTIONS OF WHICH EXTEND INTO THE FOOTWALL ROCKS. XENOL-ITHS ARE OF PERIDOTITE, GABBRO, AND METAVOLCANIC ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name Sudbury Mining Division; Sudbury District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner International Nickel Co. Of Canada, Ltd. (Inco)
    Home office Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Production statistics

  • Year 1976
    Period 1972-76
    Material ORE NI CU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.4% Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Nickel Nickel 1wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Period 1950-81
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 0.206 G/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 0g/mt
  • Year 1981
    Period 1977-81
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 1.27% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Period 1977-81
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 0.96% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Period 1977-81
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.37% Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Nickel Nickel 1wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Period 1953-81
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 4.11 G/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 4g/mt
  • Year 1981
    Period 1950-81
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 0.02% Co
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cobalt Cobalt 0wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Period 1950-81
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 1.03% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Period 1950-81
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.25% Ni
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Nickel Nickel 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 30-60% 30-60%GRADES ESTIMATED FROM COMPANY REPORTS ON ANNUAL PRODUCTION AND METAL DELIVERIES. (SEE RR8.) GRADES ARE ESTIMATED FROM COMPANY DATA ON METAL DELIVERIES WITH ALLOWANCES FOR MILLING AND SMELTING LOSSES. (SEE -RR8.)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 366503000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.29 wt-pct Nickel Major 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DATA ON PRODUCTION AND RESERVES FOR CREIGHTON MINE COVER ALL ONTARIO OPERATIONS OF INCO LIMITED, INCLUDING THE PRI-NCIPAL SUDBURY DEPOSITS (15) AND THE SHEBANDOWAN MINE.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS; X; WEAK NICKEL DEMAND AND WORLD-WIDE OVERCAPACITY.). DEVELOPMENT(YES); EXPLORATION(YES); DEGREE OF EXPANSION CAPABILITY BASED UPON KNOWN CAPACITY AND CURRENT OUTPUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SMDR000869.

  • Deposit

    YATES, A.B., 1948, PROPERTIES OF INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, IN WILSON, M.E., ED., STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY -OF CANADIAN ORE DEPOSITS, A SYMPOSIUM: MONTREAL, CANADIAN INS-TITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, P. 596-617.

  • Deposit

    SOUCH, B.E., PODOLSKY, T., AND GEOLOGICAL STAFF, INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, 1969, THE SULPHI-DE ORES OF SUDBURY--THEIR PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP TO A DISTINC-TIVE INCLUSION-BEARING FACIES OF THIS NICKEL IRRUPTIVE, IN WIL-SON, H.D.B., ED., MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MON-OGRAPH NO. 4, P. 252-261.

  • Deposit

    INCO LTD., ANNUAL REPORTS: TORONTO, ONTARIO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    PA1-PA4: RF4 AND RF5 PC1-PC6: RF4 AND RF5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). UNDERGROUND 0 INTERMEDIATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Zwartendyk, Jan Energy Mines and Resources of Canada

Beyond USGS

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