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Vale Inco Limited operates 6 underground mines in Ontario, Canada. They are all within the city of Greater Sudbury.

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[edit] Creighton Mine

46°27′50″N, 81°10′29″W

This page is about the mine. For the ghost town, see Creighton Mine, Ontario.

Creighton Mine is located in northwest of the community of Lively within the city of Greater Sudbury. It is currently the deepest mine in Canada.[1] Production at Creighton Mine began in 1901, and as of August 2004 there was an estimated 20 years of reserves left. In 2005 the mine produced an average of 3,755 tons per day.[2]

Creighton Mine is also the home of the SNOLAB, an underground physics laboratory, one of the world's deepest underground lab facilities.

[edit] Garson Mine

46°34′03″N, 80°51′25″W

Garson Mine an underground nickel mine, located in the community of Garson. It was first developed around 1908 by Mond Nickel Company. In 2005 Garson Mine won the CIM's National John T. Ryan Trophy for Metal Mines. This award is given to the metal mine which has the lowest accident frequency in the country.[3]

Vale Inco has approved a plan to re-open the Garson Ramp. The project is currently in the development phase and will cost $30 million. The Garson Ramp project will involve three ore bodies and produce 500 tonnes of ore per day. [4]

[edit] Copper Cliff North Mine

Copper Cliff North Mine is located in the community of Copper Cliff, within the city of Greater Sudbury. It began production in 1968.

The mine was the 2007 winner of the John T. Ryan Trophy for metal mines. Employing approximately 260 people, the mine went through 2006 without a lost-time-accident, producing of 4,200 tonnes of ore per day. [5]

[edit] Copper Cliff South Mine

Copper Cliff South Mine is located in the community of Copper Cliff within the city of Greater Sudbury. It bagan production in 1889.[6]

[edit] Frood-Stobie Mine

Frood-Stobie Mine is located within the city of Greater Sudbury. Operations at Frood Mine began in 1886, in 2001 it began to operate in conjunction with Stobie Mine [7]

[edit] Coleman-McCreedy East Mine

Coleman-McCreedy East Mine is located in the community of Onaping Falls within the city of Greater Sudbury. Production at lower Coleman began in 1991 and at McCreedy in 1996. [8]

[edit] Refrences

  1. ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-08-20.
  2. ^ (2006) Canadian & American Mines Handbook - 75th Edition. Toronto, Ontario: Business Information Group, 493. ISSN 171-4042. ISBN 0-919336-65-5. 
  3. ^ John T Ryan Trophy Past Winners (Metal Mines) (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
  4. ^ Hersey, Carolyn (August 2007), “CVRD Inco stirs up the action in Sudbury”, CIM Magazine 5 (2): 8-9, ISSN 1718-4177 
  5. ^ Hersey, Carolyn (August), “The Safety Culture”, CIM Magazine 2 (5): 28-29, ISSN 1718-4177 
  6. ^ (2006) Canadian & American Mines Handbook - 75th Edition. Toronto, Ontario: Business Information Group, 458. ISSN 171-4042. ISBN 0-919336-65-5. 
  7. ^ (2006) Canadian & American Mines Handbook - 75th Edition. Toronto, Ontario: Business Information Group, 483. ISSN 171-4042. ISBN 0-919336-65-5. 
  8. ^ (2006) Canadian & American Mines Handbook - 75th Edition. Toronto, Ontario: Business Information Group, 458. ISSN 171-4042. ISBN 0-919336-65-5.