Creighton fault

The Creighton fault as it passes under Science North

Creighton fault is a major fault line through the Sudbury Basin in Canada. It has a mapped length of 56 km, a throw of over 600m, and a shear zone 30m wide, and runs east–west through Lake Ramsey and the Creighton mine.[1][2] The fault is the raison-d'etre of Greater Sudbury, and plays host to countless magmatic orebodies.[3]

References

  1. ^ Franklin, John A.; Pearson, David (1985). "Rock engineering for construction of Science North, Sudbury, Ontario". Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 22 (4): 443–455. doi:10.1139/t85-064.
  2. ^ Espley, Samantha (2010). "Strategies for Mining in the Vicinity of the Creighton Fault at Vale Inco's Copper Cliff Mine". Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.
  3. ^ Razavi, M.; Espley, S.; Yao, M. (June 26, 2011). Open Stope Stability Analysis of VRM Stope In the Vicinity of Creighton Fault By Numerical And Empirical Methods. 45th U.S. Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium. ARMA-11-431.


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