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| Record Name(s) | Chicago Mine - 1889, Inez Mine - 1896, Travers Mine - 1891, Drury Nickel Company - 1892 |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1979-Nov-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Sep-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Cobalt, Gold, Iridium, Iron, Platinum Metals, Selenium, Silver, Sulphur/Pyrite, Tellurium
Township or Area: Drury
Latitude: 46° 25' 58.93" Longitude: -81° 27' 53.58"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 464284.86 Northing: 5142267.46 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I06NW
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Proceed north 5.3km on Regional Road #4 from its intersection with the Spanish River Road. The main part of the site is on the east side of the road.
1889; Ben Boyer - property discovered. 1890: Drury Nickel Company - smelter built, ore produced. 1896-97: Trill Mining and Manufacturing Company - in production; mine closed ASSAY: ORE SAMPLE 0.24% CU, 2.50% NI. Sampling conducted in 2015 OGS mapping program returned anomalous copper and nickel.
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Sudbury Structure
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Mar 16, 2016 (L Hall) - West trending, shear-hosted gossan in mylonitized Drury gabbro.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Amphibolite | 1 | Amphibolite | Sheared | Host |
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| Syenite | 2 | Hornblende | Host | |
| Anorthosite | 3 | Adjacent |
Jun 23, 2016 (A Wilson) - The mineralization occurs in a west-trending shear zone in brecciated metavolcanic rocks. Rocks including hornblende syenite, mafic schist and amphibolite. The gossan zone can be traced for 200 ft. and ranges in width from 5 to 20 ft.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Cobaltite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Ilmenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Marcasite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 9 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
Jun 23, 2016 (A Wilson) - Ore sample assayed 0.24% Cu, 2.50% Ni. Sampling conducted during the 2015 OGS mapping program returned anomalous copper and nickel.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Sheared |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1897 | 3500 | Report of the Ontario Nickel Commission, p. 188 | Produced 1891 to 1897 | |
| 1892 | 3500 | Smelter constructed in 1892. |
Book - The nickel industry: with special reference to the Sudbury Region, Ontario; Canada Mines Branch Publication 170
Publication Number: GSC Report 170 Page: 40-41, 96 Date: 1913
Author: Coleman, A.P.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307457
Map - Drury Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0134 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Hyman and Drury townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2055 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Hyman and Drury townships, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R034 Page: 33 Date: 1997
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Folio - Drury Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF285 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - The Sudbury nickel field
Publication Number: ARV14-03 Page: 23 Date: 1998
Author: Coleman A.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Hyman and Drury townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2055 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of eastern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV07-01.004 Date: 1998
Author: Slaght A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Compend - Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, 2015
Publication Number: OFR6313 Page: 21-1 to 21-18 Date: 2015
Author: Ontario Geological Survey
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geology, Sudbury bedrock compilation, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 4570 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2005
Author: Ames, D E; Davidson, A; Buckle, J L; Card, K D
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/221501
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC026 Page: 18, 22, 27, 32 Date: 1985
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of the Royal Ontario Nickel Commission, with appendix
Publication Number: OP01 Page: 44, 91-92, 188 Date: 1997
Author: Holloway G.T., Miller W.G., Young M., Gibson T.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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