Mine detail: Kidd Creek

Previously called 'Kidd Creek Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.69, -81.36978

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper, Silver, Zinc
Secondary: Cadmium, Gold, Lead, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Tin
Other material: Bornite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Greenockite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Silver, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1963

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1966

Geology

References

MAS1220400002
DEP10181635
Reference{Deposit:: AMSDEN, MICHAEL P. THE ECSTALL STORY: THE ECSTALL}{Deposit:: CONCENTRATOR; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.105-115.}{Deposit:: AMSDEN, M.P., C. CHAPMAN AND M.G. READING. COMPUTER CONTROL}{Deposit:: OF FLOTATION AT ECSTALL. CMJ, JUNE 1973, P. 46.}{Deposit:: BASKIN, DAVID G. THE ECSTALL STORY: THE RAILROAD AND}{Deposit:: TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.102-104.}{Deposit:: BLAKEY, P.N. STOPING PRACTICE AT KIDD CREEK MINE, TIMMINS,}{Deposit:: ONTARIO. MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL 1979, P. 318-321.}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. KIDD CREEK GETS NEW TAILING}{Deposit:: THICKENER. SEPT. 1976, P. 61.}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINING JOURNA* REFERENCE MANUAL AND BUYE* GUIDE}{Deposit:: 1978. UNDERGROUND MINING AND COST DATA. P. 89.}{Deposit:: CIM BULLETIN. MANY CANADIAN SUPPLY COMPANIES INVOLVED AS}{Deposit:: TEXASGULF COMPLETES NO. 2 SHAFT AT KIDD CREEK. JAN.}{Deposit:: 1979, PP. 188-189.}{Deposit:: CLARKE, P. RAY. THE ECSTALL STORY: INTRODUCTION. CIM}{Deposit:: BULL., MAY, 1974, P.51-55.}{Deposit:: COUPLAND, GEORGE C., BARTON A. THOMAS AND ERIC BELFORD. THE}{Deposit:: PLANNING AND OPERATION OF THE KIDD CREEK MINE. AIME}{Deposit:: LEAD-ZINC SYMPOSIUM, CHAP. 16.}{Deposit:: DOMAAS, FINN B. KIDD CREEK--A HUGE MINING SUCCESS IN}{Deposit:: ONTARIO; E/MJ, APRIL, 1969, P.87-108.}{Deposit:: GAUNCE, FRANK S. THE ECSTALL STORY: THE ELECTROLYTIC ZINC}{Deposit:: PLANT; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.116-124.}{Deposit:: GREENVILLE, DONALD F. AND GERALD R. LAROCQUE. THE ECSTALL}{Deposit:: STORY: THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT. CIM BULLETIN,}{Deposit:: MAY, 1974, P.137-141.}{Deposit:: MARSHALL, G. MERLE T., ELMAR RANDVEER AND DAVID L. MCKAY.}{Deposit:: THE ECSTALL STORY: THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL}{Deposit:: SERVICES DEPARTMENT; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.125-134.}{Deposit:: MCKAY, D.L. AND K.R. PRETERSE, KIDD CREEK NO.2 SHAFT DONE}{Deposit:: MOVING 3.4 MILLION CU FT OF ROCK; CMJ, MAY,1979,P.99,101}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE. KIDD CREEK EXPANSION PROJECTS CONFIRMED.}{Deposit:: MAY 1975, PP. 337-339.}{Deposit:: *ALLORAM, GERALD F. THE ECSTALL STORY: THE MAINTENANCE}{Deposit:: DEPARTMENT; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.95-101.}{Deposit:: SCRAGG, ALBERT W. THE ECSTALL STORY: THE ADMINISTRATION}{Deposit:: DEPARTMENT; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.135,136.}{Deposit:: TEXASGULF SULFUR COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS, 1963 THROUGH 1971.}{Deposit:: THOMPSON, B.A., M.P. AMSDEN AND C. CHAPMAN. TEXASGULF}{Deposit:: CANADA LTD.--KIDD CREEK CONCENTRATOR. MILLING PRACTICE}{Deposit:: IN CANADA; CIM SPECIAL VOLUME 16, 1978, P.194-200.}{Deposit:: WALKER, R.R. AND G.W. MANNARD. GEOLOGY OF THE KIDD CREEK}{Deposit:: MINE--A PROGRESS REPORT; CIM BULL., DEC., 1974, P.41-57.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINER. BLASTING PROCEDURES IMPROVED AT ECSTALL}{Deposit:: MINING. SEPT. 1974, PP. 64-66.}{Deposit:: WHITE, LANE. ELECTROLYTIC ZINC PLANT IS LATEST ADDITION TO}{Deposit:: GROWING TG COMPLEX. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL,}{Deposit:: JULY, 1972, P.66-79.}{Deposit:: MOLLISON, R.D., THE ECSTALL STORY- FORWARD; CIM BULL.,}{Deposit:: MAY, 1974, P.50.}{Deposit:: AMSDEN, M.P., KIDD CREEK EXPANSION READY 1981; NORTHERN}{Deposit:: MINER, OCT. 18, 1979, P.B3.}{Deposit:: WALTER, M.K., UNDERGROUND WATER TREATMENT AT THE KIDD CREEK}{Deposit:: MINES; CIM BULL., OCT., 1988, P. 59-62.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING EQUIPMENT, CANADIAN MINE ORDER LAUNCHES}{Deposit:: ELECTRIC HAUL; JULY, 1987, P. 10.}{Geology:: MATULICH, ANGELO, ET AL. THE ECSTALL STORY: THE GEOLOGY}{Geology:: DEPARTMENT; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.56-63.}{Geology:: PYKE, D.R. AND R.S. MIDDELTON. DISTRIBUTION AND}{Geology:: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SULFIDE ORES OF THE TIMMINS AREA.}{Geology:: CIM BULLETIN, JUNE 1971, PP. 55-65.}{Geology:: WALKER, R.R., ET AL. THE GEOLOGY OF THE KIDD CREEK MINE.}{Geology:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL.70, 1975, P.80-89.}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1978-79. TEXASGULF INC. P. 291.}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1986-87, NORTHERN MINER PRESS,P.147.}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1992-1993, P-145.}{Reserve-Resource:: AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 1993,}{Reserve-Resource:: P. 38, 43, 48.}{Reserve-Resource:: FALCONBRIDGE LTD., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P.4.}{Reserve-Resource:: TEXAS GULF INC. 1979 ANNUAL REPORT. P 11.}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1979-80, P. 275.}{Reserve-Resource:: TEXASGULF ANNUAL REPORTS, 1972 THROUGH 1978.}{Reserve-Resource:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989-90, P. 173.}{Workings:: COUPLAND, GEORGE C. THE ECSTALL STORY: THE OPEN PIT MINE.}{Workings:: CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.64-69.}{Workings:: BELFORD, J. ERIC, ET AL. THE ECSTALL STORY: THE UNDERGROUND}{Workings:: MINE; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.78-94.}{Workings:: THOMSON, BARTON A., PETER N. BLAKELY AND JEAN-PAUL PAQUETT.}{Workings:: THE ECSTALL STORY: THE TRANSITION FROM PIT TO}{Workings:: UNDERGROUND; CIM BULL., MAY, 1974, P.70-77.}{Workings:: BROOK HUNT & ASSOCIATES LIMITED-COPPER MINES COST STUDY}{Workings:: (1988-1995) VOLUME 4 CANADA-PP 200-224.}
ReporterDifrancesco, Carl A.