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MDI41I15SW00013
| Record Name(s) | Whistle Mine - 1988, Whistle and Belfeuille Property - 1897 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Mar-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Cobalt, Platinum Metals
Township or Area: Norman
Latitude: 46° 46' 22.92" Longitude: -80° 52' 40.25"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 509325.997 Northing: 5179950.003 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I15SW
Point Location Description: precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
1897: I. Whistle and A. Belfeuille - discovery. 1901-03: The Nickel Copper Company of Ontario, - stripping, trenching. 1904-1912: Dominion Nickel Copper Company of Ontario Limited: DD, shaft sinking, underground development. 1913: British America Nickel Corporation Limited - property development. 1929: The International Nickel Company of Canada Limited - property acquisition. 1988-1991: mine in production. 1994-97: mine in production.
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Sudbury Structure
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Norite | 1 | Norite | Hanging Wall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breccia-unsubdivided | 2 | Sudbury Breccia | Hanging Wall | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Footwall | ||
| Gabbro | 4 | Gabbro | Footwall |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore |
Apr 20, 2010 (A Wilson) - The mineralized zone is reportedly 535 m long and has a maximum width of 305 m. The zone has been intersected as deep as 272 m. The best mineralization occurs as irregular lenses within a lesser mineralized zone lying were the norite-Sublayer Zone-metavolcanic contacts change strike from about 35° to 140°. The sulphides occur as the matrix to metavolcanic and granitic fragments as well as small veinlets and as dissemination.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1997 | 5180024 |
Cobalt 1761208 Kilograms Copper 17094982 Kilograms Nickel 49210236 Kilograms |
FNX Mining Company Ltd. - 2008 NI-43-101 report | The mine operated between 1988 and 1991 and again between 1994 and 1997. The mine produced 5.71 million tons grading 0.33% Cu, 0.95% Ni, 0.034% Co and 0.11 oz/t total precious metals. |
Map - Geological series, Capreol area, eastern part, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P2378 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Muir T.L., Rebic Z., Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Scale: Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Folio - Norman Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF366 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Part - The Sudbury nickel deposits
Publication Number: ARV12.012 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Coleman A.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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Mono - Geology of the Capreol area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: OFR5344 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Muir T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Publication - Tehcnical Report on Mineral Properties in the Sudbury Basin Ontario, for FNX Mining Company Inc., p. 35
Publication Number: NI 43-101 Scale: Date: 2008
Author: C. E. G. Farrow, M. Frayne, S, M. Ramnath
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