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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 10024585
MRDS ID ISM0309
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

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS

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. FOR COMPOSITE DESCRIPTION OF PLATINUM GROUP MINERALS IN INCO MINES AT SUDBURY, SEE CREIGHTON. AT FROOD MINE, PLATINUM GROUP MINERALS AND NICKEL ARSENIDES ARE UNUSUALLY ABUNDANT TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE OREBODY.; THE FROOD-STOBIE OFFSET IS A DOWNWARD WEDGING BODY OF QUARTZ DIORITE. IT IS CONTINUOUSLY MINERALIZED WITH DISSEMINATED SULPHIDES, INCREASINGLY ABUNDANT DOWNWARD; AND TOWARDS ITS LOWER END, IS SHEATHED IN INCLUSION-BEARING MASSIVE SULPHIDES.

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 >1980

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 reserve resource information

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

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 ISM0309
USGS International Strategic Minerals Inventory ISMI PGE14
Department of Energy Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Canada Mineral Policy Sector CANMPS 41 I10 NI21

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUCH, B.E., PODOLSKY, T., AND GEOLOGICAL STAFF, THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, 1969, THE SULPHIDE ORES OF SUDBURY: THEIR PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP TO A DISTINCTIVE INCLUSION-BEARING FACIES OF THE NICKEL IRRUPTIVE, IN WILSON, H.D.B., (ED.), MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS: A SYMPOSIUM; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MONOGRAPH NO. 4, LANCASTER, PA., LANCASTER PRESS INC., P. 252-261.

  • Deposit

    PYE, E.G., NALDRETT, A.J. AND GIBLIN, P.E., (EDS.), 1984, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUDBURY STRUCTURE; ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL VOLUME 1, TORONTO, ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 603 P.

  • Deposit

    CABRI, L.J., 1981, MINERALOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PLATINUM GROUP IN MILL SAMPLES FROM THE CU-NI DEPOSITS OF THE SUDBURY, ONTARIO AREA: IN MCGACHIE, R.O., AND BRADLEY, A.G., (EDS.), PRECIOUS METALS: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH PRECIOUS METALS CONFERENCE, TORONTO, JUNE 1980; TORONTO, PERGAMON OF CANADA, 313 P., P. 23-34.

  • Deposit

    CABRI, L.J., AND LAFLAMME, J.H.G., 1984, MINERALOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN MILL PRODUCTS FROM SUDBURY, IN APPLIED MINERALOGY: PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON APPLIED MINERALOGY IN THE MINERALS INDUSTRY, LOS ANGELES, FEBRUARY 22-25, 1984; WARRENDALE, PA., METALLURGICAL SOCIETY OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, 1194 P., P. 911-922.

  • Deposit

    NALDRETT, A.J., HOFFMAN, E.L., GREEN, A.H., CHOU, CHEN-LIN, NALDRETT, S.R., AND ALCOCK, R.A., 1979, THE COMPOSITION OF NI-SULFIDE ORES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THEIR CONTENT OF PGE AND AU; CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 17, P. 403-415.

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-OCT-1980 Swartendyk, Jan Mineral Policy Sector, Dept. of Energy Mines & Resources, Ottawa, Canada