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Stobie Mine

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Nickel, Copper, PGE, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Selenium, Tellurium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024469
MRDS ID ISM0190
Record type Site
Current site name Stobie Mine
Alternate or previous names Frood-Stobie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.99422, 46.53832 (WGS84)
Relative position SHAFT; 200 M
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Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario
Canada Ontario

Comments on the location information

  • SHAFT MAP SYMBOL USED FOR LOCATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Primary
Copper Primary
PGE Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Cobalt Primary
Selenium Primary
Tellurium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Frood-Stobie Offset
    Rock description Frood-Stobie Offset
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.99422, 46.53832
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Apophysis (Offset) Of The Sudbury Sublayer Intrusion At The Base Of The Nickel Irruptive.

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 30M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; PYTT + PNLD + CLCP; COMMON ORE BODY WITH FROOD MINE (WHICH SEE).

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1884
Year of first production 1887
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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR CREIGHTON MINE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE DATA INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR CREIGHTON MINE.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). COMMODITY COMMENTS INCLUDED IN COMMENTS FOR CREIGHTON MINE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS ISM0190
USGS International Strategic Minerals Inventory ISMI NI016
Department of Energy Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Canada Mineral Policy Sector CANMPS 41I10NI21

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1973, SMDR000886

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 30 M INTERMEDIATE

Reporter information

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