Creighton fault

Creighton fault is a major fault line through the Sudbury Basin. It has a mapped length of 56 km, a throw of over 600m, and a shear zone 30m wide, and travels 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 massive sulphide orebodies.[3]

The Creighton fault as it passes under Science North

References

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.
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.
Razavi, M.; Espley, S.; Yao, M. (June 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.

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[pearson85-1] 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.

[espley10-2] 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.

[razavi11-3] Razavi, M.; Espley, S.; Yao, M. (June 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.