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| Record Name(s) | Totten Mine - 2014, Worthington Offset - 1965, Totten Prospect - 1885 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1979-Nov-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Apr-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Cobalt, Gold, Platinum Metals, Silver
Township or Area: Drury
Latitude: 46° 23' 2.32" Longitude: -81° 26' 52.05"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 465567 Northing: 5136809 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I06NW
Point Location Description: headframe
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Starting at Nairn Centre at highway 17, Drive 12.9km east through Turbine and Worthington. Turn south on Totten Mine access road. Continue southwestwards to Totten Mine shafthouse.
Circa 1885: discovery by F.C. Crean and patenting of site by H. Totten. Circa 1890: a few hundred tons of ore were taken from the deposit for experimental purposes. 1964-72: Inco Ltd. - shaft sinking, drifting, surface DD-72-33,290 ft, underground DD-53-43,660 ft. 1995-2001: Inco Ltd. - diamond drilling, reserve calculation. 2007-12: Vale - refurbishment of No. 2 shaft, exploration. 2013: Vale - in production. Production values are included in Copper Cliff No. 1 (MDI41I06NE00003)
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Drury-SP007 / 2.21004 | 41I06NW2005 | 41I06NW2005 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Sudbury Structure
Supergroup: Sudbury Igneous Complex, Main Mass
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Diorite | 1 | Quartz Diorite | Brecciated | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabbro | 2 | Gabbro | Adjacent | |
| Claystone | 3 | Adjacent |
Jan 03, 2014 (A Wilson) - The Worthington Offset dike is a narrow irregular breccia dike which trends northeast across the southeast corner of Drury Township. It ranges from 38 m to 67 m in width. It dips vertically to steeply southwest, its contacts are irregular and there is local shearing and brecciation of the adjacent country rock. The dike is composed of fragments of amphibolite and country rock in a fine- to medium-grained, gabbroic to dioritic groundmass. The groundmass is also brecciated, especially in the central parts of the dike.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Gersdorffite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Niccolite | Economic | Ore |
Jun 24, 2016 (l Bardeggia) - The sulphide minerals are described as being disseminated to massive. These minerals have replaced the groundmass material and the amphibolite fragments are generally unmineralized. The ore minerals occur as disseminations, as small veinlets or pods, and as more massive bodies cementing rock fragments. Some small late veinlets of calcite, quartz, and galena, and olivine in diabase dikes cut the mineralized bodies. An ore sample from this site reportedly assayed 0.08% Cu, 6.4% Ni, 3.07% Co in 1966. The sulphides in the offset dike occur as pipe-shaped, subvertical ore deposits (Totten Mine), as gossanous zones particularly along the dike margins, and as widely disseminated, elongated sulphide blebs up to 2 cm in length.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Magmatic |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Breccia |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabular |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totten Mine | 2004 | Probable Mineral Reserve | 7890000 | Cobalt 0.04 %, Copper 2.07 %, Nickel 1.47 % | ||
| Totten Mine | 2001 | Unclassified | 10100000 | InfoMine Jan 31, 2001 | Copper 1.97 %, Nickel 1.50 %, Platinum Metals 4.80 g/t |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 15800 | ARV80 p. 81 | no grades available | |
| 1969 | 146802 | ARV79 p. 83 | no grades available | |
| 1968 | 356021 | ARV78 p. 77 | no grade available | |
| 1967 | 221416 | ARV77 p. 107 | no grade available | |
| 1966 | 246085 | ARV76 p. 116 | grade unknown |
Publication - Report on the origin, geological relations and composition of the nickel and copper deposits of the Sudbury Mining District, Ontario, Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 14, (1901), pt. H
Publication Number: GSC AR 14H Page: 71, 97 Date: 1904
Author: Barlow, A E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297205
Part - Sudbury nickel field restudied
Publication Number: ARV43-02 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G., Rickaby H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 268-269 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Report and Appendix 1917, p. 40, 104, 189-190
Publication Number: Date: 1917
Author: Royal Ontario Nickel Commission
Publisher Name:
Location: Sudbury DGO
MonoMap - Geology of Hyman and Drury townships, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R034 Page: 18-19, 32-33 Date: 1997
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Sudbury-Manitoulin area, districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin
Publication Number: R166 Page: Chart A Date: 1978
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - The nickel industry: with special reference to the Sudbury Region, Ontario; Canada Mines Branch Publication 170
Publication Number: GSC Report 170 Page: 47, 96 Date: 1913
Author: Coleman, A.P.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307457
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:
Map - Sudbury geological compilation, Sudbury District, Sudbury Regional Municipality
Publication Number: M2491 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1984
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Introduction to the geology of the Sudbury igneous complex
Publication Number: SV01.000A Page: 281-282 Date: 1997
Author: Naldrett A.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Annual report on mineral industry operations in Ontario during calendar year 1970
Publication Number: ARV80 Page: 81 Date: 1998
Author: Matten E.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Annual report for the year 1964, statistics of the mineral industry and mining operations in Ontario for 1964
Publication Number: ARV74 Page: 100 Date: 1998
Author: Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Annual report for the year 1965, statistics of the mineral industry and mining operations in Ontario for 1965
Publication Number: ARV75 Page: 99-100 Date: 1997
Author: Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Annual report for the year 1966, statistics of the mineral industry and mining operations in Ontario for 1966
Publication Number: ARV76 Page: 115-116 Date: 1998
Author: Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Annual report for the year 1967, statistics of the mineral industry and mining operations in Ontario for 1967
Publication Number: ARV77 Page: 107 Date: 1998
Author: Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Annual report on mining operations in Ontario during calendar year 1968
Publication Number: ARV78 Page: 77 Date: 1998
Author: Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Annual report on mining operations in Ontario during calendar year 1969
Publication Number: ARV79 Page: 82-83 Date: 1998
Author: Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2015, Resident Geologist Program, Kirkland Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Kirkland Lake and Sudbury Districts
Publication Number: OFR6318 Page: 5 Date: 2016
Author: Guindon D.L., Farrow D.G., Hall L.A.F., Daniels C.M., Debicki R.L., Wilson A.C., Bardeggia L.A., Sabiri N.
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
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