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Onaping-Craig 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 10106770
MRDS ID ISM0179
Record type Site
Current site name Onaping-Craig Mine
Alternate or previous names Onaping

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.38729, 46.63332 (WGS84)
Relative position ONAPING SHAFT, 300 M
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Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION DATA OF SEVERAL ORE BODIES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED (ORIGINAL DATA REFER TO PALESTINEAN UTM-GRID); PRECISION ABOUT 0.5 KM. SS-MINE: 31 DEG. 59'N; 36 DEG. 02'E TO 32 DEG. 00'N; 36 DEG. 03'E; ZARKA-A: 31 DEG. 59'N; 36 DEG. 03'E TO 32 DEG. 00'N; 36 DEG. 04'E; ZARKA-B: 32 DEG. 00'N; 36 DEG. 04'E TO 32 DEG. 02'N; 36 DEG. 06'E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Primary
Copper Primary
PGE Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Cobalt Primary
Selenium Primary
Tellurium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PHOSPHATE

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) -81.38729, 46.63332
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Ore body information

  • Depth to top 300M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; COLLOPHANE-TYPE APATITE (FLUORAPATITE- CARBONATE-FLUORAPATITE, MINOR CHLORAPATITE) ABOUT 81 %; CALCITE ABOUT 12 %; QUARTZ ABOUT 5 %; MONTMORILLONITE ABOUT 3 %, FERRUGINOUS MATERIAL; TYPICAL STRATIGRAPHICAL COLUMN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: ALLUVIUM ABOUT 8 M; MAESTRICHTIAN-DANIAN MARL UNIT ABOUT 7 M, CONSISTING OF MARL, CHERT AND LIMESTONE-CONCRETIONS; MAESTRICHTIAN FOURTH PHOSPHORITE BED 3 M; CAMPANIAN LIMESTONE 1 M; CAMPANIAN MARL, PHOSPHATIC MARL & PHOSPHATIC CHERT 3.3 M; CAMPANIEN THIRD PHOSPHORITE BED 1.5 M; CAMPANIAN LIMESTONE 1 M; CAMPANIAN SECOND PHOSPHATE BED 2.5 M; CAMPANIAN LIMESTONE, HARD PHOSPHATE-MARL 1.3 M; CAMPANIAN FIRST PHOSPHATE BED 2.8 M; CAMPANIAN DARK CHERTS, SILICEOUS PHOSPHATES, MARLS
  • ; PYTT + PNLD + CLCP; LITTLE PUBLISHED GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION. THE ORE BODY FORMS A SHEET LYING WITHIN THE FOOTWALL GNEISS COMPLEX, PAR-ALLEL TO AND NEAR THE NORITE CONTACT.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place
Year of first production 1961
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name Sudbury Mining Division; Sudbury District

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • CAPACITY, PRODUCT
  • PRODUCTION DATA INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR FALCONBRIDGE MINE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE
  • FROM 1980 ANNUAL REPORT OF JPMC. AMOUNTS CONVERTED FROM TONS TO TONNES AND ROUNDED UP. RR1 ARE PROVED, RR2 ARE INDICATED RESERVES ORE P INS B.147 C.MIL MT D.1982 E.BPL <50 % AND >32.8 %
  • RESOURCE DATA INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR FALCONBRIDGE MINE.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(YES); EXPLORATION(UNKNOWN); PHOSPHATE BEDS 1-4 ACTUALLY MINED. TWO TYPES OF ORE: FRIABLE ORE (62-70 % BPL, 13-20 % LIME, 2-8 % SILICA) AND CONSOLIDATED ORE (?=PROTORE, 45-55 % BPL, 20-45 % LIME, 2-17 % SILICA). CHEMISTRY: 1) TYPICAL 70/72 PRODUCT: 70.7 % BPL, 32.34 % P2O5, 52.2 % CAO, 3.63 % F, 0.06 % CL, 5.1 % CO2, 0.52 % AL2O3 + FE2O3, 0.31 % OM, 6.8 % LOI; 2) TYPICAL 66/68 PRODUCT: 69.5 % BPL, 31.81 % P2O5, 50.37 % CAO, 3.53 % F, 0.04 % CL, 6.62 % CO2, 0.82 % SO3, 0.2 % MGO, 0.53 % NA2O, 0.31 % AL2O3, 0.23 % FE2O3, 129 PPM U3O8, 0.19 % SRO. SOURCE: 1) MINING MAGAZINE, MAY 1981, P.385; 2) INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO.149, P.46, 1980
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). OPERATION TO BE SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY SEPTEMBER 1982. OTHER COMMODITY COMMENTS INCLUDED IN COMMENTS FOR FALCONBR-IDGE MINE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS ISM0179
USGS International Strategic Minerals Inventory ISMI NI005
Department of Energy Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Canada Mineral Policy Sector CANMPS 4II11NI10

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SMDR00841, SMDR000820.

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1959, THE FALCONBRIDGE STORY: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, V. 80, NO. 6, P. 105-127.

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.). SURFACE, UNDERGROUND 8 M
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 INTERMEDIATE

Reporter information

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