Mine detail: Creighton Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.4611, -81.17895

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium, Silver
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1901
Last production ended: 1982

Geology

Host rock:Sudbury Sublayer;Creighton Granite
Host type:Gabbro,Norite,Granite
Structure:Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion At Base Of Sudbury Nickel Irruptive.
Tectonic:Intracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteoritic Impact.

References

MRDSISM0182
DEP10024465
Reference{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}
ReporterZwartendyk, Jan