Mine detail: Creighton Mine

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Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 46.4611, -81.17895
dep_id: 10024465
mrds_id: ISM0182
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Zwartendyk, Jan
hrock_unit: Sudbury Sublayer;Creighton Granite
hrock_type: Gabbro,Norite,Granite
Structure: Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion At Base Of Sudbury Nickel Irruptive.
tectonic: Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.
Year first produced: 1901
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1900
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
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