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| Record Name(s) | Errington - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Jan-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Creighton-Davies
Latitude: 46° 32' 20.48" Longitude: -81° 15' 28.36"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 480226.786 Northing: 5153971.646 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I11SW
Point Location Description: Point
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1890-91: R. Bell reported the occurrence of galena and sphalerite at several places within the Sudbury basin and particularly in Creighton township at the site of the present Errington mine. 1924: T. Lindsley and J. Errington optioned the property and turned it over to the Treadwell Yukon Mining Company. 1924-30: Errington Mine was operated by the Treadwell Yukon Company Ltd. No. 1 shaft extends to the 500-foot level; No. 2 shaft to the 1500-foot level; No. 3 shaft is 409 feet deep. 1952-54: Property was owned by Ontario Pyrites Ltd. who carried out surface and underground drilling. 1954-60: Property held by Consolidated Sudbury Basin Mines Ltd. Total underground work at Errington Mine to end of 1955 was over 41,000 feet on 4 levels. At Vermilion Mine a shaft was sunk to 1250 feet with lateral work at 450-, 600-, 750- and 900-foot levels. A concentrating plant was built and planned to commence production in 1957 at 1000 tons daily, but was never operated. 1960: Consolidated Sudbury Basin Mines Ltd. was incorporated into Giant Yellowknife Mines Ltd.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Creighton-0015 | 41I11SE0014 | 41I11SE0014 |
| Creighton-0014 | 41I11SE0024 | 41I11SE0024 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Breccia-unsubdivided | 1 | chert breccia | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone | 2 | cherty carbonate | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Marcasite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Feb 08, 2023 (Therese Pettigrew) - The orebodies at the Errington Mine are in a complexly folded and faulted zone on the crest and south limb of a south-dipping anticline. This structure is further complicated by south-dipping strike faults that slice the anticline and orebodies into at least four blocks. The ore is believed to be a replacement of a chert and carbonate horizon that lies between the overlying slate and underlying tuffs. The ore consists of very fine-grained pyrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and galena in a carbonate matrix (Shklanka, 1969).
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Errington No. 3 Shaft | 1956 | Proven + Probable Reserve | 1304078 | ARV65 Part 3 p. 54 | Copper 1.05 %, Gold 0.017 oz/T, Lead 1.96 %, Silver 2.22 oz/T, Zinc 4.79 % | |
| Errington No. 2 Shaft | 1956 | Proven + Probable Reserve | 9464184 | ARV65 Part 3 p. 54 | Copper 1.1 %, Gold 0.021 oz/T, Lead 0.97 %, Silver 1.58 oz/T, Zinc 3.82 % |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 129722 |
Copper 2156626 Pounds Lead 1079167 Pounds Zinc 9103414 Pounds |
MDC012 p. 236 |
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:
Part - Geology of the Sudbury basin
Publication Number: ARV65-03.001 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Cartier sheet, districts of Sudbury and Algoma, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0287 Scale: 1:126,720 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: 236 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Sudbury-Cobalt, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury and Timiskaming districts
Publication Number: M2361 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1977
Author: Card K.D., Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Sudbury basin area
Publication Number: ARV38-03 Page: 41-46 Date: 1997
Author: Burrows A.G., Rickaby H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Folio - Creighton Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF062 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Compilation series, Sudbury mining area, western part, Sudbury District
Publication Number: P2602 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1983
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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