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| Record Name(s) | Levack Mine - 1984, Morrison Deposit - 2005, Rob's Deposit - 2005 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1984-Nov-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Tellurium, Sulphur/Pyrite, Selenium, Platinum Metals, Iron, Cobalt, Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Levack
Latitude: 46° 39' 3.67" Longitude: -81° 22' 40.34"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 471085.667 Northing: 5166453.707 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I11NW
Point Location Description: AMIS location
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
1915: Production from the No. 1 shaft commenced. 1929: production ceased as a result of a fire. 1937-1999: mine reopened and was in continuous production. Production numbers included in Copper Cliff No. 1 (MDI41I06NE00003). 2004: KGHM rehabilitated the Levack Mine infrastructures. 2004: underground and surface drilling led to the discovery of the Morrison deposit. 2006: production resumed. 2008: production from the contact nickel zone was suspended. Initial production from the upper part of the Morrison footwall deposit commenced. 2010: commercial production was achieved. 2011: KGHM entered into an Access Arrangement with Xstrata Nickle which allows KGHM to utilize the Craig mine shaft and related underground infrastructure to further develop and operate the Levack Mine. 2019: in Q1, production was halted.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.19910 | 41I11NW2001 | 41I11NW2001 |
| 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 |
Mar 07, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - Sulfides in the area occur within many geologic environments related to the structure, including embayments at the contact of the Sudbury Igneous Complex with the footwall rocks, in the Offset Dikes, and in the footwall Sudbury Breccia units. Typically the sulfides are more Ni-rich at the contact (i.e., forming Contact Nickel style deposits), but become increasingly Cu and PGE -rich in the footwall environments (i.e., forming Footwall style copper deposits). The Morrison Deposit, which is located in the lower part of the Levack Mine, is characterized as a Footwall-style copper deposit where copper mineralization occurs in multiple sharp walled, high grade copper-nickel-precious metal veins within a larger mineralized envelope. The veins vary from approximately 12 meters to <0.3 meters (i.e., 40 feet to less than <1 feet) in width and contain massive sulphides dominated by the copper mineral chalcopyrite and the nickel minerals pendlandite and millerite. The deposit also includes significant precious metals including platinum, palladium and gold. Individual veins have an average grade ranging between 20-30% copper, 1-5% nickel and 5-40g/t in platinum, palladium and gold. The known extent of the Morrison orebody currently measures approximately 800 meters (i.e., 2,600 feet) in the dip direction and tens to 400 meters (1,200 feet) along strike and ranges from less than 30 meters (i.e., 100 feet) to more than 90 meters (300 feet) in width (https://mininglifeonline.net/company-page/levack-mine/458).
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 - Levack Township and the northern part of Dowling Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0091 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Langford F.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 93 Date: 1957
Author: Thomson J.E., Ferguson S.A., Johnston W.G.Q., Pye E.G., Savage W.S., Thomson R.
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:
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 Levack Township and the northern part of Dowling Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: PR1960-05 Page: 70-75 Date: 1998
Author: Langford F.F.
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:
Mono - Geology of Cascaden, Dowling, Levack and Trill townships, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: OFR5533 Page: 65, 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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