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Fraser

Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, PGE, Platinum
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183203
MAS/MILS ID 1220400098
Record type Site
Current site name Fraser
Alternate or previous names Fraser Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.35119, 46.66529 (WGS84)
Elevation 405
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Tertiary
Copper Secondary
Nickel Primary
PGE Tertiary
Platinum Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.35119, 46.66529
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Ore body information

  • Area 1500HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1500
    Date of Last Modification 830718

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1962
Mining method Combined Methods
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Sudbury Basin

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DATE FOR RESOURCE IS BASED ON QUESTIONABLE 1979 DATA
  • BASED UPON PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS (SEE GOLDER REPORT FOR THIS DEPOSIT, P. 15) PROBABLE PLUS PROVEN DILUTED MINEABLE TONS WERE ESTIMATED AT 7250000 TO 8250000 (1.3 PERCENT NI) FOR THE FRASER DEPTH OREBODY AND ABOUT 4500000 TONS FOR THE FALCO PORTION OF THE EXCHANGE OREBODY AT UNSPECIFIED GRADES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OTHER FILLED STOPE METHODS
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING MAY SLOUGH
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Capacity 2404
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 34.03
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 1220400098

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABEL,M.K,R.BUGHAN,C.J.A.COATES,AND M.E.PENSTONE."1979 COPPER

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    MINERALISATION IN THE FOOTWALL COMPLEX, STRATHCONA MINE

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    SUDBURY,ONTARIO. CAN. MINERAL. VOL 17. PP.275-285.

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    BATEMAN,A.M., "MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS, SUDBURY, ONT." ECON.

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    GEOL. VOL 12. 1917. PP.391-426.

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    BRAY,J.V.G. ED."NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN SUDBURY GEOLOGY." GEOL.

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    ASSOC. CAN. SPEC. PAPER 10. 1972.

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    BROCOUM,S.J. AND I.W.D. DALZIEL. "THE SUDBURY BASIN,

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    SOUTHERN PROVINCE, GRENVILLE FRONT, AND THE PENOKEAN

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    OROGENY (ABS.): EOS (AM. GEOPHYS. UNION TRANS.). V.54.

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    1973.P.461.

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    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. REFERENCE MANUAL AND BUYER'S GUIDE

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    1981. MONTREAL,CANADA.

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    CARD,K.D. AND R.W. HUTCHINSON. THE SUDBURY STRUCTURE: ITS

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    REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL SETTING

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    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK. NORTHERN MINE PRESS LTD. TORONTO.

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    CANADA. 1979-80, P.110 AND 1980-81.

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    CARD,K.D.,A.J. NALDRETT, J.V. GUY-BRAY, E.F. PATTISON, DO

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    PHIPPS, AND J.A.ROBERTSON. "GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE

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    SUDBURY-ELLIOT LAKE REGION. INTERNAT. GEO. CONG., 24TH.

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    MONTREAL, QUEBEC. EXCURSION C38, 56 PP. 1972.

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    CARD,K.D. ET AL. "THE SOUTHERN PROVINCE" GEOL. ASSOC. CAN.

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    SPEC.PAPER 11. 1972A. PP. 335-380.

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    COOPER,M.A. TESTIMONY TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INCO AND

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    FALCONBRIDGE LAYOFFS. TORONTO, CAN. JANUARY 11,1978.

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    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES, RESOURCES, MINERAL DEVELOPMENT

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    SECTOR, PUBLIC DEPOSIT FILE. OTTAWA, CAN.

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    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, SURVEY AND

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    MAPPING BRANCH. CHELMSFORD TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, SCALE

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    1:50,000. MAP 41-I/11. EDITION 3. OTTAWA 1975.

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    PHOTOGRAPHS 1971. CULTURE CHECK 1972.

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    DUNKS,L.T. "MINE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING AT FALCONBRIDGE

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    NICKEL MINES LTD." CIM SEMINAR ON SCHEDULING, MINING,

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    SMELTING, AND STEELMAKING. OTTAWA. OCT. 1973.

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    FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES LTD. ANNUAL REPORTS, 1970 TO 1980

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    INCLUSIVE; 10K REPORT 1980.

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    FINANCIAL POST. SECTION S ADVERTISEMENT. TORONTO, CAN.

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    OCTOBER 11, 1980.

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    FISH,R. "FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES, SUDBURY OPERATIONS--

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    AFTER 50 YEARS PRESENT ORE RESERVES EQUAL ORE MINED."

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    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. MAY 1978.

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    GLOBE AND MAIL. "FALCONBRIDGE DENIES PLAN TO SHUT DOMINICAN

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    COMPLEX." APRIL 28, 1981.

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    HAWLEY,J.E."THE SUDBURY ORES: THEIR MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN."

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    CAN. MINEROLOGIST. VOL.7.P.207.

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    "UPSIDE DOWN ZONING AT FROOD, SUDBURY, ONTARIO." ECON.

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    GEOL. 1965. VOL.60. PP.529-575.

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    MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES. ONTARIO MINERAL REVIEW,

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    TORONTO, CAN.1971-1976.

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    NALDRETT,A.J. ET AL. "CRYPTIC VARIATION AND THE PETROLOGY OF

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    THE SUDBURY NICKEL ERUPTIVE." ECON. GEOL.1970. VOL.65.

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    NO.2. PP.122-155.

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    NALDRETT,A.J. AND G. KULLERUD. "A STUDY OF THE STRATHCONA

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    MINE AND ITS BEARING ON THE ORIGIN OF THE NICKEL-COPPER

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    ORES OF THE SUDBURY DISTRICT." ONT.JOUR. PETROLOGY.

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    VOL.8. 1967. PP.453-531.

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    PATTISON,E.F. "THE SUDBURY SUBLAYER." CAN. MINERAL. VOL.17.

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    1979. PP. 257-274.

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    SOUCH,B.E. ET AL. "THE SULPHIDE ORES OF SUDBURY: THEIR

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    PARTICAR RELATIONSHIP TO A DISTINCTIVE INCLUSION-

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    BEARING FACIES OF THE NICKEL IRRUPTIVE." SYMPOSIUM OF

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    MAGMATIC ORE DEPOSITS. ECON. GEOL. MONOGRAPH 4. 1969.

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    PP.252-261.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-97 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines