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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 10024592
MRDS ID ISM0316
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.
  • ATOK MINE; TOTAL STRIKE LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 120 KM

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) -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. FOR COMPOSITE DESCRIPTION OF PLATINUM GROUP MINERALS IN INCO MINES AT SUDBURY, SEE CREIGHTON.; COMMON OREBODY WITH FROOD MINE (WHICH SEE).
  • MINOR BASIN DEVELOPMENT; CHALCOPYRITE + PENTLANDITE + PYRITE + PYRRHOTITE; COOPERITE + BRAGGITE + LAURITE + SPERRYLITE + MONCHEITE + PAOLOVITE + ATOKITE; DIP 13 DEGREES TO 20 DEGREES SW TO W, AVERAGE THICKNESS OF REEF 0.3 M; INDEPENDENT PLATINOID MINERALS QUITE RARE, COMMON ASSOCIATION OF PGM'S WITH THE BASE METAL 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 1887
Year of last production >1985

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

  • 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.
  • KG HAMILTON, J. (1977): SR-ISOTOPE AND TRACE ELEMENT STUDIES OF THE GREAT DYKE AND BUSHVELD MAFIC PHASE AND THEIR RELATION TO EARLY PROTEROZIC MAGMA GENESIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.-JOURNAL FOR PETROLOGY 18, 24-52.

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 ISM0316
USGS International Strategic Minerals Inventory ISMI PGE21
Department of Energy Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Canada Mineral Policy Sector CANMPS 41 I10 NI21

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    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 REFINED
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-FEB-1985 Swartendyk, Jan Mineral Policy Sector, Dept. of Energy Mines & Resources, Ottawa, Canada