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Fraser 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 10024575
MRDS ID ISM0299
Record type Site
Current site name Fraser Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.35118, 46.66527 (WGS84)
Relative position OREBODY; 600 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

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sudbury Sublayer
    Rock description Sudbury Sublayer
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.35118, 46.66527
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Ore body information

  • Depth to top 300M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; PYTT + PNLD + CLCP. PLATINUM GROUP MINERALS: NO INFORMATION. PROBABLY SIMILAR TO THOSE REPORTED FOR INCO SUDBURY MINES UNDER CREIGHTON.; NO PUBLISHED GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION. THE DEPOSIT MAY CONSIST OF COPPER-RICH FOOTWALL VEINS (SIMILAR TO THOSE AT THE STRATHCONA MINE) JUDGING BY THE PUBLISHED PRE-PRODUCTION GRADE (0.52% NI, 8.9% CU).

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year <1970
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place
Year of first production 1981
Year of last production >1981

Mining district

District name Sudbury Mining Division; Sudbury District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Falconbridge Ltd.
    Home office Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ().

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS ISM0299
USGS International Strategic Minerals Inventory ISMI PGE04
Department of Energy Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Canada Mineral Policy Sector CANMPS 41 III NI11

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY DATA BASE

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-JUL-1981 Swartendyk, Jan Mineral Policy Sector, Dept. of Energy Mines & Resources, Ottawa, Canada