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| Record Name(s) | Worthington Mine - 1884, F. Crean - 1884, Mond Nickel Company - 1914 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1979-Nov-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Sep-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper, Platinum Metals
Secondary Commodities: Cobalt, Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Drury
Latitude: 46° 23' 2.46" Longitude: -81° 26' 52.39"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 465559.89 Northing: 5136813.41 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I06NW
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From the termination of the Spanish River Road and Regional Road #4 continue east on #4 for 1.1km. Site is plainly visible on the south side of the road. The mine is adjacent to the Worthington offset structure.
1884: F. Crean - shaft sinking to 60 ft.; property abandoned. 1890-1894: Dominion Mineral Company – mine in operation. 1915-1927: Mond Nickel Company – in production until mine caved-in
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Sudbury Structure
Supergroup: Sudbury Igneous Complex, Main Mass
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Chloritic | Hanging Wall |
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| Breccia-unsubdivided | 2 | Host | ||
| Mudstone | 3 | Biotite-Metapelite | Hanging Wall | |
| Mudstone | 4 | Sericite-Metapelite | Hanging Wall |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niccolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Gersdorffite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore |
Jun 24, 2016 (A Wilson) - Grab Samples: 1.10% Ni, 4.76% Cu. A sample taken from the Worthington Shaft by Wallbridge Mining Company assayed 0.219% Cu, and 0.0388% Ni.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1890 | 22679 | Years 1890 - 18941890-94: 25,000 tons of ore extracted. Shipments averaged 8% Ni; one of 123 tons in 1893 contained 10% Ni and 3% Cu. Large masses of ore have shown as much as 17.48% Ni. Considerable quantities of chalcopyrite have been obtained, carrying up to 18% Cu and 2.5% Ni. Production to end of 1915 was 117,794 tons. 1927: Mine caved; 129,000 t of ore extracted. |
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 - 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:
MonoMap - Geology of Hyman and Drury townships, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R034 Page: 18-19, 33-34 Date: 1997
Author: Card K.D.
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:
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:
Folio - Drury Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF285 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
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 - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC025 Page: 102 Date: 1984
Author: Robertson J.A., Gould K.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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