Geological Field Trip Guide Book: Sudbury Area

Name/Title

Geological Field Trip Guide Book: Sudbury Area

Entry/Object ID

2022.152.01

Tags

Mining History, Mining Industry, Sudbury, Ontario, District of Sudbury, The Sudbury Basin, Geology, International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO), Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Copper Mining, Lead Mining, Nickel Mining, Zinc Mining

Scope and Content

Book created to be a field tour guide for exploring the geology of the Sudbury area.

Context

The book was prepared for use during a field trip by the Sixth Commonwealth Mining and Metallurgical Congress in Canada in 1957. It was given to two groups make up of members of the congress. The contents are broken down into chapters, they are as follows: 1. Introduction 2. General Geology 3. Geology of the Sudbury Copper-Nickel Deposits: - The Levack Area - The Frood-Stobie Mine - The Garson Mine - The Creighton Mine - The Murray, McKim and Mount Nickel Mine - The Falconbridge and East Mines 4. Geology of the Copper-Lead-Zince Deposits 5. Selected Reading 6. Road Log

Collection

Mining History, Falconbridge Nickel Mines Collection, International Nickel Company of Canada

Cataloged By

unknown

Category

Primary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO), Falconbridge Limited

Date(s) of Creation

1928

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Geological Field Trip Guide Book: Sudbury Area

Description

Book created to be a field tour guide for exploring the geology of the Sudbury area.

Creator

International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO), Falconbridge Limited

Date(s) of Creation

1957

Subjects

History, Geology, Mineral deposits, Mining, Nickel mining, Copper mining, Zinc mining, Lead mining

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

984

Dimensions

Width

8-1/2 in

Length

11 in

Location

Location

Wall

Mining History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

February 17, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Feb 17, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, staples

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Mining History

Provenance Detail

International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO) History

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Provenance Detail

Falconbridge Limited

Owner/Agent

Falconbridge Limited

Role

Owner

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by an unknown user, re-cataloged on February 17, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

February 17, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

February 17, 2022