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Frood 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 10024472
MRDS ID ISM0189
Record type Site
Current site name Frood Mine
Alternate or previous names Frood-Stobie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.00811, 46.52499 (WGS84)
Relative position MINE BUILDINGS; 200 M
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Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario
Canada Ontario

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) -81.00811, 46.52499
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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

  • MINOR FAULTING; PYTT + PNLD + CLCP; PGE AND NI ARSENIDE MINERALS ARE USUALLY ABUNDANT.; THE FROOD-STOBIE OFFSET IS A DOWNWARD-WEDGING BODY OF QUARTZ DIORITE. IT IS CONTINUOUSLY MINERALIZED WITH DISSEMI-NATED SULPHIDES, INCREASINGLY ABUNDANT DOWNWARD; AND TOWARDS I-TS LOWER END, IS SHEATHED IN INCLUSION-BEARING MASSIVE SULPHID-ES.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1884
Year of first production 1889
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 ISM0189
USGS International Strategic Minerals Inventory ISMI NI015
Department of Energy Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Canada Mineral Policy Sector CANMPS 41I10NI21

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1973, SMDR000886.

  • Deposit

    ZURBRIGG, H.F., AND GEOLOGICAL STAFF, 1957, THE FROOD-STOBIE MINE, IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF CANADIAN ORE DEPOSITS,- V. 2: CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, P. 341-35-0.

  • Deposit

    HANLEY, J.E., 1965, UPSIDE-DOWN ZONING AT FROOD: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 60, NO. 3, P. 529-575.

  • 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 THE NICKEL IRRUPTIVE, IN WILS-ON, H.D.B., ED., MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MONO-GRAPH NO. 4, P. 252-261.

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