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| Record Name(s) | Redstone Mine - 1989, R. J. Draper Property - 1971 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Cobalt, Platinum, Palladium
Township or Area: Eldorado
Latitude: 48° 19' 4" Longitude: -81° 9' 53.88"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 487770 Northing: 5351634 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06SE
Point Location Description: Portal
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The Redstone property is located 24 kilometres south east of Timmins and is accessible through a network of secondary forestry roads extending south from South Porcupine
1961: Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited. - ground geophysics, mapping, DD-13-533m. 1965: Mining Corp. of Canada (1964) Ltd. - trenching, mapping, ground geophysics, 4 ddh (1745 ft). 1968: Canadian Nickel Company Ltd. - ground geophysics, mapping, DD- 5-1276 m. 1969: Levack Mines Limited - ground geophysics. 1971: Shield Geophysics Limited - mapping. 1976-79: Utah Mines Limited - mapping, ground geophysics, 51 ddh. 1988: BHP - Utah - DD-1-616m. 1988: Timmins Nickel Inc. - acquires interest in property, diamond drilling (3353 m), OVB drilling, geochemistry, airborne geophysics. 1989-1992: Timmins Nickel Inc. & BHP-Utah - underground development, production, airborne geophysics, diamond drilling (14 holes), geochemistry, production. 1992-96: Blackhawk Mining Inc. - property acquisition; 25 ddh (8886m), ramp extended. 2000: Sanca Gold /Timmins Metal Corp./Liberty Mineral Exploration - property acquisition. 2002: Inco Ltd. - property optioned; ground geophysics, 5 ddh. 2005-2010: Liberty Mines Inc. - dewatering, mine rehabilitation, production. 2011: mine placed on care and maintenance, chrysotile discovered at depth.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1241/ 63A.471 | 42A06SE0117 | 42A06SE0117 |
| T-1359 / 63.2543 | 42A06SE0106 | 42A06SE0106 |
| T-1785 | 42A06SE0092 | 42A06SE0092 |
| T-1785 | 42A06SE0094 | 42A06SE0094 |
| T-1785 | 42A06SE0096 | 42A06SE0096 |
| T-1785 | 42A06SE0097 | 42A06SE0097 |
| T-1785 | 42A06SE1897 | 42A06SE1897 |
| T-3547/63.6198 | 42A07SW8456 | 42A07SW8456 |
| T-0687, 25 | 42A06SE0133 | 42A06SE0133 |
| T-1785 / 2.2876 | 42A06SE0090 | 42A06SE0090 |
| T-1241/ 63.1934 | 42A06SE0118 | 42A06SE0118 |
| T-3407/ 2.13775 | 42A06SE0080 | 42A06SE0080 |
| T-3785/ OM94-003 | 42A06SE2025 | 42A06SE2025 |
| T-0680/ 63.1125 | 42A06SE1820 | 42A06SE1820 |
| T-0687/63.2751 | 42A06SE0102 | 42A06SE0102 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Dacite | Tuff | Footwall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Komatiite | Host | |
| Sulphide Ironstone | 3 | Sulphide-Facies | Adjacent | |
| Peridotite | 4 | Peridotite | Hanging Wall |
Jul 14, 2010 (A Wilson) - The footwall volcanic rocks are generally massive tuffs and flows with minor bedding that exhibit local brecciation and foliation spatially associated with the mineralized horizon. The tuffs and flows are of dacitic composition with a definite calc-alkaline affinity, composed primarily of very fine-grained quartz and feldspar. The feldspars have been extensively altered to sericite, epidote, chlorite and biotite. The komatiitic flows that form the hanging wall rocks have cumulate textures proximal to the mineralization and basal contact. Spinifex textures are common in areas more distal to the mineralization and have been identified in core samples consistently throughout the unit. Komatiites associated with the Redstone deposit are Al-undepleted and have been largely altered to serpentine and carbonate minerals. Numerous quartz-feldspar porphyry sills and dykes intrude both the dacitic rocks and the komatiites, but have not been recognized to cross-cut the sulphide mineralization. These felsic intrusions are generally sub-parallel to the strike of the sulphides, and appear to range from 20 centimetres to approximately 4 metres in diameter. In various instances the porphyritic intrusives are directly in contact with the massive mineralization forcing the latter into highly deformed wedges. Extremely rare instances of where mafic dykes cross-cut the sulphide mineralization have been recorded.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Millerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Violarite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Gersdorffite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Niccolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Jul 14, 2010 (A Wilson) - Typical assays from drilling through the R Zone include the following results from Blackhawk in 1994: 12.91% Ni, 0.71% cu and 25 ppb Au over 5 ft in drill hole BH94-1; 13.620% Ni and 986 ppm Cu over 1.5 ft from drill hole BH94-2; 12.57% Ni, 9400 ppm Cu and 34 ppb Au over 1 ft from dill hole BH94-3. Grades and width of the R zone range from 1.36% Ni across 1.8 ft to 10.21% Ni across 10 feet. The Hangingwall zone ranged from 2.16% Ni across 4 ft to 1.15% Ni over 5 ft. Nickel-Iron sulphides are predominantly found at, or immediately adjacent to, the basal contact between the komatiitic flow and the footwall dacite. These sulphides occur mainly in massive form with associated stringers, but also as fine disseminations and blebs. Net-textured sulphides have not been identified, except by Robinson & Hutchinson in very rare cases. The massive sulphide has developed widespread durchbewegung textures, where fragments of the wall rocks have been broken, deformed and rotated within the ductile sulphide matrix. In addition, abundant quartz-carbonate veining can be found within and immediately adjacent to the massive sulphide.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Komatiite-hosted |
| 2 | Magmatic |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 2 | Concordant |
| 1 | Stratabound |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 250 | 91 | 125 |
Date: Mar 08, 2004
Geologist: A Wilson
Notes: Deep drilling by Inco in 2003 tested the down plunge extension below the R-Zone. Between 1472 and 1513 m, three mineralized zones were discovered. Two occur above the komatiite-dacite contact and the third straddles the contact between 1504 and 1513.4 ft. The weighted average fro core length in Zone 3 is 10.2% Ni, 0.3% Cu, 0.07% Co, 0.44 g/t Au, 1.33 g/t Pt and 1.14 g/t Pd over 9.3 ft. Drilling to the 2100 ft level intersected another komatiite sequence containing three undiscovered mineralized zones that assayed up to 5.86% Ni, 1.00% Cu, 0.23% Co, 0.46 ppm Pt, 0.59 ppm Pd and 0.02 ppm Au over 1.2 ft.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redstone Mine | 2010 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 737000 | OFR6264 p. 4 | 11570.90 t contained nickel | Copper 0.03 Percent, Nickel 1.57 Percent |
| Redstone Mine | 2010 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 599000 | OFR6264 p. 4 | 8805.30 t contained nickel | Copper 0.02 Percent, Nickel 1.47 Percent |
| Massives | 2009 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 41000 | NI 43-101 p. 90 | @ 1.76% NI, 0.04% Cu; 719 t contained Ni | Copper .04 Percent, Nickel 1.76 Percent |
| Massives | 2009 | Measured Mineral Resource | 148000 | NI 43-101 p. 90 | @ 2.43% NI, 0.03% Cu; 3601 t contained Ni | Copper .03 Percent, Nickel 2.43 Percent |
| Massives | 2009 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 151000 | NI 43-101 p. 90 | @ 3.55% NI, 0.09% Cu; 5360 t contained Ni | Copper .09 Percent, Nickel 3.55 Percent |
| Disseminated | 2009 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 586000 | NI 43-101 p. 90 | @ 1.06% NI, 0.02% Cu; 6215 t contained Ni | Copper .02 Percent, Nickel 1.06 Percent |
| Disseminated | 2009 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 410000 | NI 43-101 p. 90 | @ 1.10% NI, 0.01% Cu; 4499 t contained Ni | Copper .01 Percent, Nickel 1.1 Percent |
| Redstone Mine | 2008 | Measured + Indicated Resource | 419000 | Liberty Mines press release December 15, 2008 | 419,000 tonnes @ 32.32% Ni, 0.01% Cu (59698 t contained nickel); resource as of July 11, 2008 | Copper .01 Percent, Nickel 2.32 Percent |
| Redstone Mine | 2008 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 148000 | Liberty Mines Inc. press release, December 15, 2008 | 148,000 t @3.44% Ni, 0.00% Cu (5099 t contained nickel) | Nickel 3.44 Percent |
| Redstone Mine | 2007 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 145000 | NI 43-101 Report, August 23, 2007 | 2462 t contained nickel | Copper .02 Percent, Nickel 1.7 Percent |
| Redstone Mine | 2007 | Measured Mineral Resource | 274000 | NI 43-101 report; August 23, 2007 | 274,000 t @ 2.64% Ni, 0.01% Cu; 7,236 t contained Ni | Copper .01 Percent, Nickel 2.64 Percent |
| Redstone Mine | 2007 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 148000 | NI 43-101 report; August 23, 2007 | 5099 t contained nickel | Nickel 3.44 Percent |
| Redstone Drill indicated | 1995 | Unclassified | 154000 | OFR 5943, P. 219 | DRILL INDICATED RESERVES | Nickel 4.21 Percent |
| Redstone | 1995 | Unclassified | 170000 | OFR 5943 P. 219, BLACKHAWK 1995 ANNUAL REPORT | PROVEN AND PROBABLE; 182,325 TONNES @3.28% NI AND 0.038% CO | Cobalt .04 Percent, Nickel 3.28 Percent |
| REDSTONE | 1992 | Unclassified | 36000 | OFR 5921, P. 176 | ESTIMATED DEVELOPED RESERVES TO 800 FT | Nickel 2.6 Percent |
| Redstone | 1991 | Unclassified | 401081 | MP 152, P. 220 | PROVEN AND PROBABLE - 394,765 TONS @ 2,48% NI | Nickel 2.48 Percent |
| Redstone | 1989 | Unclassified | 364980 | MP147, P.227 | 330,000 TONS @2.89% NI TO 1000 FT | Nickel 2.89 Percent |
| Redstone | 1988 | Unclassified | 892500 | MP 142, P.239 | 750,000 TONS @ 2.28% NI | Nickel 2.28 Percent |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 42288 |
Nickel |
OFR6264, p. 4 | @1.07% Ni, |
| 2009 | 36668 |
Nickel 303 Tonne |
OFR 6247, P. 16 | @1.44% Ni, 0.5% Cu, 0.25% Co; 303 t Ni @ 15.41% Ni |
| 2008 | 61024 | OFR 6247, P. 16 | @1.81% Ni | |
| 2007 | 51490 | OFR 6219, p.11 | ore grade 2.2% Ni, 0.5% Cu and 0.25% Co | |
| 2006 | 21733 | OFR 6203, p. 16 | @1.96% Ni | |
| 1995 | 6170 |
Nickel |
OFR5943, p. 219 | 6170 tonnes @1.71% NI |
| 1992 | 267470 |
Nickel 616869 Pounds |
MP161, p. 241 | 1360000 pounds @ 2.5% NI |
| 1991 | 106989 |
Nickel 1827574 Pounds |
MP158, p. 231 | 105305 tons Ni @ 2.3% Ni |
| 1990 | 99540 |
Nickel 1842559 Pounds |
MP152 p.219 | 4062080 lb from 90 000 tons milled @ 2.56%Ni |
| 1989 | 48210 |
Nickel 771120 Pounds |
MP147, p.227 | 1700000 lb Ni from 43590 tons @2.3% Ni |
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 192 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist files T-1359, T-3547 (OM90-188, OM91-98), T-3785 (OM94-003)
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Author:
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Adams and Eldorado townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2274 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1974
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Publication - Mineral Resource Estimation for the Redstone Nickel Mine (NI 43-101 rpt)
Publication Number: Date: 2007
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Location: Timmins RGO files
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Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1982
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of the Keefer-Eldorado area
Publication Number: ARV47-04 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D., Berry L.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1998
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.
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Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Adams and Eldorado townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R121 Date: 1975
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Timmins data series, Eldorado Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2114 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Hunt D.S., MacRae B.A., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Eldorado Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P0572 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Thesis - Stratigraphic relationships, geochemistry and genesis of the Redstone volcanic-hosted nickel deposits, Timmins, Ontario
Publication Number: PhD Thesis Date: 1982
Author: Robinson, D.J.
Publisher Name: University of Western Ontario
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 1995, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: OFR5943 Page: 218-219 Date: 1996
Author: Baker C.L., Fyon J.A., Laderoute D.G., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 1994, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: OFR5921 Page: 176 Date: 1995
Author: Baker C.L., Dressler B.O., Laderoute D.G., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Compend - Report of Activities 1992, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP161 Page: 244 Date: 1993
Author: Fenwick K.G., Pitts A.E., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Timmins Resident Geologist's District-1991
Publication Number: MP158.013 Page: 235 Date: 1997
Author: Luhta L.E., Sangster P.J., Draper D.M., Leroux M.L., Farrow D.G., Hamblin C.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Timmins Resident Geologist's District - 1990
Publication Number: MP152.011 Page: 219-220 Date: 1997
Author: Luhta L.E., Sangster P.J., Ireland J.C., Farrow D.G., Draper D.M., Hamblin C.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Timmins Resident Geologist's District - 1989
Publication Number: MP147.012 Page: 227-231 Date: 1997
Author: Luhta L.E., Sangster P.J., Ireland J.C., Hamblin C.D., Bradshaw M.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Black Hawk Mining Inc.
Publication Number: clipping1 Date: 2003
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
Book - Timmins Nickel Inc.
Publication Number: clipping2 Date: 2003
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
Book - Liberty Mineral Exploration
Publication Number: Clippings Date: 2004
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
Book - Qualifying Report on Redstone Property, NI 43-101 Document
Publication Number: 43-101 Date: 2003
Author: Harron, G.A.
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Book - Timmins Nickel Inc., Annual Report 1990
Publication Number: Annual Report Date: 1990
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
Book - Timmins Nickel Inc, 1991 Annual Report
Publication Number: Annual Report Date: 1991
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
Mono - Report of Activities 2007, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts
Publication Number: OFR6219 Date: 2008
Author: Atkinson B.T., Pace A., Woo H., Wilson A.C., Butorac S., Cholette D., Draper D.M., Seim G.Wm.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2008, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts
Publication Number: OFR6235 Page: 18 Date: 2009
Author: Atkinson B.T., Pace A., Woo H., Wilson A.C., Butorac S., Draper D.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2009, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts
Publication Number: OFR6247 Page: 16 Date: 2010
Author: Atkinson B.T., Pace A., Beauchamp S.A., Bousquet P., Butorac S., Draper D.M., Wilson A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2006, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts
Publication Number: OFR6203 Page: 16 Date: 2007
Author: Atkinson B.T., Hailstone M.H., Wilson A.C., Draper D.M., Pace A., Woo H.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Technical Report Redstone Nickel Mine, 156p.
Publication Number: NI 43-101 rpt Date: 2010
Author: G. Cole, A. Mackenzie
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
Mono - Report of Activities 2010, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts
Publication Number: OFR6264 Page: 4 Date: 2011
Author: Atkinson B.T., Bousquet P., Pace A., Burnett S., Butorac S., Draper D.M., Metsaranta D.-A., Wilson A.C.
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Location:
Article - Timmins Resident Geologist's District - 1988
Publication Number: MP142.012 Page: 239 Date: 1997
Author: Luhta L.E., Sangster P.J., Draper D.M., Ireland J.C., Bradshaw M.P., Hamblin C.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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