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Record: MDI41I11NW00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Fraser Mine - 1962
Related Record Type Partial
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1984-Nov-02
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-31
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite, Platinum Metals, Cobalt, Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Levack

Latitude: 46° 39' 40.89"    Longitude: -81° 20' 33.24"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 473791.999   Northing: 5167589.999    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I11NW

Point Location Description: Point

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1981: Fraser Mine began production


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Levack-0011-C1 41I11NW0034 41I11NW0034



Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2MagnetiteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
4PentlanditeEconomicOre
5PyriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1993 2500000 Cobalt 800 Tonnes
Copper 47200 Tonnes
Nickel 38300 Tonnes
Scanned historical production file
1992 2415470 Silver 15798 Kilograms
Gold 409 Kilograms
Cobalt 500 Tonnes
Copper 36041 Tonnes
Nickel 38777 Tonnes
Scanned historical production file
1991 2614500 Silver 15977 Kilograms
Gold 392 Kilograms
Cobalt 700 Tonnes
Copper 38971 Tonnes
Nickel 36940 Tonnes
Scanned historical production file
1990 2794129 Silver 13751 Kilograms
Gold 466 Kilograms
Cobalt 800 Tonnes
Copper 34442 Tonnes
Nickel 33687 Tonnes
Scanned historical production file
1989 2630838 Silver 9987 Kilograms
Gold 258 Kilograms
Cobalt 740 Tonnes
Copper 31242 Tonnes
Nickel 26700 Tonnes
Scanned historical production file Production up to 1988 included with Falconbridge (MDI41I10SW00004)

References

Book - Canadian Mines Handbook 1979-80, Falconbridge Nickel Mines

Publication Number: CMH 1979-80 Page: 110  Date: 1979

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK


Compend - Annual report of the Regional and Resident Geologists, 1981

Publication Number: MP101 Page: 139  Date: 1982

Author: Kustra C.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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:


Book - Northern Miner 81-09-24, Falconbridge, p. 1, 31

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1981

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location: Northern Miner Magazine


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:


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