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| Record Name(s) | Podolsky Mine - 2007, Podolsky 2000 Deposit - 2007, Norman North Property - 1971 |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 2010-Apr-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2025-Mar-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Platinum Metals, Gold
Township or Area: Norman
Latitude: 46° 46' 41.16" Longitude: -80° 52' 32.52"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 509489 Northing: 5180513 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I10NW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
1971-88: Inco Nickel Mines - diamond drilling, mapping. 2002: Vale Inco - DD-7, downhole geophysics. 2002-2003: FNX Mining Company Inc. - DD-53-143,730 feet. 2004-2006: FNX Mining Company Inc. - mine development. 2008: FNX Mining - mine opening and extraction. 2013: KGHM – mine closure
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Sudbury Structure
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic Geochronological Age: 1.85Ma
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Diorite | 1 | Quartz Diorite | Host |
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Apr 22, 2010 (A Wilson) - The property is located at the northeast apex of the Sudbury Igneous complex where the strike of the basal contact changes from the roughly east-west orientation of the North Range to the north-south orientation of the East Range. Associated with the strike change, the dip of the contact also changes from 45°S along the north contact to 70°W on the east. The Whistle Offset dyke extends to the northeast into footwall gneissic, migmatitic and granitic rocks that are variably Sudbury brecciated. The Whistle Offset hosts the 2000 and North Zones.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Millerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 7 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Grey Gabbro | 2008 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 925329 | C. E. G. Farrow, M. Frayne, S, M. Ramnath, 2008 | 1,020,000 tons @ 0.37% Ni, 3.68% Cu, 0.11 oz/t TPM | Copper 3.68 %, Nickel .37 %, Platinum Metals .11 oz/T |
| Podolsky Resources | 2008 | Unclassified | 1581223 | C. E. G. Farrow, M. Frayne, S, M. Ramnath, 2008 | 1,743,000 tons @ 4.04% Cu, 0.36% Ni, 3.7 g/t TPM | Copper 4.04 %, Nickel .36 %, Platinum Metals 3.7 g/t |
| Podolsky | 2008 | Probable Mineral Reserve | 381017 | C. E. G. Farrow, M. Frayne, S, M. Ramnath, 2008 | 420,000 tons @4.6% Cu, 0.4% Ni, 4.7 g/t TPM | Copper 4.6 %, Nickel .4 %, Platinum Metals 4.7 g/t |
| Nickel Ramp | 2008 | Unclassified | 6058179 | C. E. G. Farrow, M. Frayne, S, M. Ramnath, 2008 | 6,678,000 tons @ 0.75% Ni, 0.21% Cu | Copper .21 %, Nickel .75 % |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 2011 | 8090 | 3rd Quarter Quadra-FNX press release | Change in reporting style after the change in company ownership – note that the production refers to tonnes of copper sold rather than tonnes of ore mined. | |
| 2010 | 415000 |
Copper 25000000 Pounds Nickel 800000 Pounds |
OFR 6266, p. 7 | 25 000 000 pounds of copper and 33 000 ounces of TPM |
| 2009 | 296649 | OFR 6249, p. 7 | ||
| 2008 | 221285 | C. E. G. Farrow, M. Frayne, S, M. Ramnath, 2008 | 243,925 tons |
Publication - Technical Report on Mineral Properties in the Sudbury Basin Ontario, for FNX Mining Company Inc., p. 35
Publication Number: Ni 43-101 rpt Date: 2008
Author: C. E. G. Farrow, M. Frayne, S, M. Ramnath
Publisher Name:
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2009, Resident Geologist Program, Kirkland Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Sudbury District
Publication Number: OFR6249 Page: 7 Date: 2010
Author: Cosec M., Farrow D.G., Bardeggia L.A., Kitching J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2010, Resident Geologist Program, Kirkland Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Sudbury District
Publication Number: OFR6266 Page: 7 Date: 2011
Author: Cosec M., Farrow D.G., Alemany R.M., Sangster P.J., Debicki R.L., Metsaranta D.-A., Wilson A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geology, Sudbury bedrock compilation, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 4570
Publication Number: GSC OF 4570 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2005
Author: Ames, D.E., Davidson, A., Buckle J.L. and Card, K.D.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/221501
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