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| Record Name(s) | Coleman Mine - 1990 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Producing Mine |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Sep-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Tellurium, Platinum Metals, Sulphur/Pyrite, Selenium, Iron, Cobalt, Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Levack
Latitude: 46° 40' 39.55" Longitude: -81° 20' 23.82"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 474000 Northing: 5169400 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I11NW
Point Location Description: Point
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The Coleman Mine is accessed by the Coleman Mine Road from Levack, Ontario.
Inco began surface drilling on the property in the 1940’s. The Coleman orebody was discovered in 1954. The mine was put into production in 1967.
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Sudbury Structure
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic Geochronological Age: 1.85Ga
Aug 14, 2015 (L Hall) - The Coleman Mine is a SIC Contact deposit hosted by Sublayer Breccia and Footwall Breccia in contact with Archean Levack Gneiss in the North Range of the Sudbury Structure.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Norite | 1 | Sudbury Sublayer | Breccia | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breccia-unsubdivided | 2 | Footwall Breccia | Host | |
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 3 | Levack Gneiss | Footwall |
Aug 14, 2015 (L Hall) - Sublayer Breccia is a fragmental rock with an igneous textured noritic groundmass bearing inclusions of mafic and ultramafic character of contentious origin. The Footwall Breccia has an igneous groundmass; however it is more felsic tending towards granitic composition. The inclusions in Footwall Breccia are derived from the footwall rocks, in this case primarily Levack Gneiss.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Breccia |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1.85Ga |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1385000 | Vale Quarterly Report | Production numbers reported are a combination of production from the Coleman Mine, Lower Coleman Mine and the McCreedy East Mine. | |
| 2013 | 1515000 | Vale Quarterly Report | Production numbers reported are a combination of production from the Coleman Mine, Lower Coleman Mine and the McCreedy East Mine. | |
| 2012 | 1062000 | Vale Quarterly Report | Production numbers reported are a combination of production from the Coleman Mine, Lower Coleman Mine and the McCreedy East Mine. |
Map - Sudbury mining area, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2170 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1969
Author: Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Levack Township, Sudbury District
Publication Number: P2428 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 268 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Sudbury data series, Levack Township, Sudbury District
Publication Number: P2475 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Adlington R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geology of Cascaden, Dowling, Levack and Trill townships, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: OFR5533 Page: 66, 123, 131 Date: 1985
Author: Lafleur J., Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Levack Township
Publication Number: GDIF472 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Journal - North Rim Nickel; INCO's Lower Coleman and East McCreedy orebodies
Publication Number: Vol 76, No. 4 Date: 1990
Author: Pat Whiteway
Publisher Name: Northern miner
Location:
Publication - Magmatic ore deposits of the Sudbury Igneous Complex; Institute on Lake Superior Geology 43rd Annual Meeting; Field Trip Guidebook
Publication Number: ILSG V43, Pt 5 Date: 1997
Author: S. A. Prevec
Publisher Name: Institute on Lake Superior Geology
Location:
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