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Kidd Creek Mine Case Study

Marten Hunt / 5445620​

Anna Rusina / 5911825

Geopolitical Setting

Geography

Geopolitical Setting

Climate

Ownership

Geopolitical Setting

Climate

Temperature by Month

Temperature

Ownership

Merged

in 2013

Glencore Strategic Direction

Strategic Direction

Volkswagen to spend

$48 billion USD on electric cars by 2023

Regional Geology & Mine Design

Regional Geology & Mine Design

Geology

Geology

GEOLOGY TYPE

  • Archaean Abitibi greenstone belt
  • 2 major orebodies, with associated smaller lenses
  • ore is hosted in felsic rocks of the Kidd Volcanic Complex and is cut by mafic sills and dykes

MINERAL TYPE

  • Volcanogenic base-metal sulphides

Kidd Mine ore-bodies looking east from surface to 10,200 ft

Mine Design

Mine Design

  • Blasthole stoping with cemented backfill
  • World’s 2nd largest user of cemented backfill (after Mt Isa in Australia)

Stope parameters

Mine Reserves

Mining

Mining

Mining Method & Key Physicals

Mining Method:

  • 1966-1977 Open Pit Mining

30Mt ore total

  • 3 vertical shafts to access 3100 m depth
  • Underground operations started in 1972

Key Physicals:

  • 48 kt Copper, 124 kt Zinc, 2.2 M oz Silver
  • ~$M 800 revenue/year

Equipment & Fleet Size

Equipment

Ingersoll Rand

Blasthole rig

Cubex Crawler

Sandvik- Tamrock Hauler 80t

Challenges faced by Kidd Creek operations

  • Hanging wall failure, 1997
  • Seismic risk
  • Paste fill
  • Deformation of ground support
  • Higher stresses at depth
  • Environmental challenges (ventilation)
  • Toxic Substances

Key Risks

Ventilation

Solutions for ultra deep mine ventilation

Due to the increased depth of mining, the surface exhaust fans are unable to create enough pressure to exhaust from the bottom of Mine D. For that reason, two booster fans were placed in the exhaust route at the 6000 level to ensure the mine is able to be ventilated through to the bottom of Stage 2.

  • Ventilation-on-demand
  • Cold stope

References

  • https://www.mining-technology.com/projects/kidd_creek/
  • http://www.tailings.info/casestudies/kiddmet.htm
  • https://secure.kaiserresearch.com/i/jk/tr16/TRLSG20120329.pdf
  • http://www.redpathmining.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Digging-a-little-deeper-MM-May-2014.pdf
  • http://www.womp-int.com/story/2008vol7/story024.htm
  • Diekmeyer, Peter. "A supersized combo". CIM Magazine. Montreal: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. 4 (2): 54–57.
  • On Geology and Ore Deposits of the Timmins District, Ontario. Geological Survey Of Canada (open file 2161, field trip 6)
  • Smith, S. V. L., 2017. Retrospective Analysis of Mine Seismicity: Glencore, Kidd Mine. Ontario: s.n.

References

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