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Mccreedy West 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 10024477
MRDS ID ISM0195
Record type Site
Current site name Mccreedy West Mine
Alternate or previous names Levack West

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.39979, 46.63332 (WGS84)
Relative position MINE; 300 M
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Geographic areas

Country State
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
    Rock unit name Sudbury Sublayer;Levack Breccia
    Rock description Sudbury Sublayer;Levack Breccia
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.39979, 46.63332
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Footwall Breccia And Sulphide Veins Below The Sublayer Intrusion At The Base Of The Nickel Irruptive.

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 300M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; PYTT + PNLD + CLCP + MLRT; MINOR TO TRACE PGE THE MCCREEDY WEST MINE IS SIMILAR TO THE STRATHCONA DEPOSIT, CONSIST-ING OF A MAIN ZONE OF A MASSIVE TO DISSEMINATED SULPHIDES IN L-EUCOCRATIC BRECCIA, AND A ZONE OF SULPHIDE-FILLED FRACTURES EX-TENDING OUTWARD INTO THE FOOTWALL LEVACK BRECCIA.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year <1939
Year of first production 1973
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 ISM0195
USGS International Strategic Minerals Inventory ISMI NI021
Department of Energy Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Canada Mineral Policy Sector CANMPS 41I11NI22

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1973, SMDR000868.

  • Deposit

    HOFFMAN, E.L., NALDRETT, A.J., ALCOCK, R.A., AND HANCOCK, R.G.V., 1979, THE NOBLE METAL CONTENT OF ORE IN THE LEVA-CK WEST AND LITTLE STOBIE MINES, ONTARIO: CANADIAN MINERALOGI-ST, V. 17, PT. 2, P. 437-451.

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 40 M INTERMEDIATE

Reporter information

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