The copper-zinc-silver ore deposit at Kidd Mine discovery was announced in a press release after the board of directors meeting on 16 April 1964. Nor do they need sunlight. Fossils show that surface life has changed enormously over billions of years, but slow-motion deep life may retain much of its primitive characteristics. The most recent figures indicate the mine has produced far beyond that, with more than 150 million tonnes of copper and zinc ore, according to Ryan Roberts, Kidd Mine operations manager, speaking at the early June mining show. Sign in or register for your free account, Scheduled for 2022 closure, new ore discovery spurs Glencore to drill deep at legendary Timmins mine, Kidd Operations has confirmed it's exploring ways to extend the life of the copper-zinc mining complex in Timmins. He also commented on the depth of the mine and the challenges of transporting work materials to the bottom of the mine as well as transporting ore out of the mine. Even newly elected Timmins Mayor George Pirie commented in January that the city was hoping for some positive news. In 1981 it was sold to Canada Development Corporation, then sold in 1986 to Falconbridge Ltd., which in 2006 was acquired by Xstrata, which in turn merged with Glencore in … If so, there should still be clues about when and how life first colonized the deep. Kidd Mine or Kidd Creek Mine is an underground base metal mine 24 km (15 mi) north of Timmins, Ontario, Canada. The single-celled organisms don’t need oxygen because they breathe sulfur compounds. It is owned and operated by Swiss multinational Glencore Inc. That’s especially true at the Kidd Mine, which is in one of the oldest, most stable portions of Earth’s crust. A second hole was drilled in March 1964, followed by two more in early April. In many ways, she noted, sulfur-breathing microbes living beneath thick, protective layers of rock would have been well suited to the brutal conditions on our planet when it was young. Charles Darwin imagined the beginning might have occurred in a warm little pond, but “there's absolutely no reason why it could not have been a warm little rock fracture,” Sherwood Lollar said. For instance, a community of cells on the ocean floor consume methane gas that bubbles up from ancient sediment. 672 p. volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposits, "Strike begins at Xstrata's Ontario plant", Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, "Fair To All People: The SEC and the Regulation of Insider Trading", On Geology and Ore Deposits of the Timmins District, Ontario, https://www.northernontariobusiness.com/regional-news/timmins/is-there-new-life-for-kidd-mine-1510179, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kidd_Mine&oldid=963977257, Volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposits, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 June 2020, at 21:48. Following the closure of the majority of the Met Site, concentrate is now shipped to Quebec for processing. It’s a delicate project, but she hopes to have results within a year or two. Something odd is stirring in the depths of Canada's Kidd Mine. If we don't look for something, we miss it.”. It is owned and operated by Swiss multinational Glencore Inc. In the eye-opening report, a team led by Cara Magnabosco, a geobiologist at the Swiss technical university ETH Zurich, estimated that some 5 x 10^29 cells live in the deep Earth: that’s five-hundred-thousand-trillion-trillion cells. “We can confirm an exploration program targeting mineralization below three kilometres had commenced in 2018. We know if they are not successful the community stands to lose over $100 million in annual … Such studies could offer hints about where life first arose on Earth. Once owned by Texas Gulf Sulphur, exploration drilling at the Kidd site began in the November 1963 with the deposit being revealed in April 1964. The team describes this hidden ecosystem as an “underground Galapagos.”. In 1981 it was sold to Canada Development Corporation, then sold in 1986 to Falconbridge Ltd., which in 2006 was acquired by Xstrata, which in turn merged with Glencore in … Exploration drilling is being completed from underground installations on the 9,800 level,” said Furlotte. One of the big questions facing Sherwood Lollar is how the deep-life community at the Kidd Mine is related to those found in other mines or stretched out beneath the oceans. In 2019 exploration drills were set up on the 9,800 level to search out and define the new ore zone[11]. The operations incorporate two business units: Kidd … One species, the microbe Geogemma barossii, can live at temperatures of 250 degrees Fahrenheit — well above the boiling point of water and close to the theoretical limit at which vital organic molecules start to disintegrate. But in July, a team led by University of Toronto geologist Barbara Sherwood Lollar reported that the mine’s dark, deep water harbors a population of remarkable microbes. Stable Isotope Laboratory / University of Toronto, table Isotope Laboratory / University of Toronto. That’s especially true at the Kidd Mine, which is in one of the oldest, most stable portions of Earth’s crust. We know if they are not successful the community stands to lose over $100 million in annual … The investment would add 3.4 million tonnes of ore into the mine plan. Courtesy Gaetan Borgonie / Extreme Life Isyensya. 4 shaft up to 4,900. To compensate, cellular metabolism slows almost to a standstill. [3] Kidd Mine is the world's deepest copper-zinc mine. "[8], The mine began ore production in 1966, as an open pit mine and eventually evolved into an underground mine. As it stands now, the official word is that the mine is still slated to close in 2022, based on the premise that the mine is so deep it is not economical to recover the ore from deeper than 10,000 feet. Pirie, the former CEO of Placer Dome Canada, said his conversations with mine officials in late 2018 indicated there is a significant ore zone below the 10,000 level that he described as “mantle breaking.”, “That means it goes to great depth,” Pirie explained. “We do not know whether or not Glencore will be able to extend the life of the Kidd Creek Mine. “Might there be entire domains that are not dependent on the DNA, RNA and protein basis of life as we know it?” Perhaps we just haven’t found them yet. Image courtesy of Gaetan Borgonie (Extreme Life Isyensya, Belgium) and Barbara Sherwood Lollar. “What we are finding is so exciting — like ‘being a kid again’ level exciting.”. There are so many deep microbes that, despite a seemingly lazy existence, they collectively exert a huge impact on their habitats. Mark Furlotte, Kidd Operations general manager, responded to Northern Ontario Business and Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal to reveal the company has set up exploration drilling to target mineral zones deeper than three kilometres. In 1981 it was sold to Canada Development Corporation, then sold in 1986 to Falconbridge Ltd., which in 2006 was acquired by Xstrata, which in turn merged with Glencore in 2013. Kidd is the deepest base metal mine in the world. Barbara Sherwood Lollar's team at work in the mine. A massive raft of volcanic rock could be heading toward Australia. Paul Davies, a physicist at Arizona State University, has long advocated systematic searches for such “shadow life.” The recent forays into the deep biosphere show how it might be done. Kidd was first put into production as an open pit in 1966 with an estimate of producing 25 million tonnes of ore. Ore from the Kidd Mine is processed into concentrate at the Kidd Metallurgical Site, located 27 km (17 mi) southeast of the mine,[2] which until 2010 also smelted the ore and refined the metal produced. The Kidd Creek copper/zinc mine is located near Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Then the ore is shipped by conveyor to the skips at No. Cut off from light, air, and any connection to the surface, this shadowy realm seems more like an alien world than part of Earth. Scientists ventured inside a rare 'fire cloud.' “The number of systems we've looked at so far really is limited,” she said, “but they probably had a single origin at some point in life’s 4-billion-year history.”. The Kidd Creek Mine is a volcanic massive sulfide deposit (VMS) which is currently owned by Xstrata. It is owned and operated by Swiss multinational Glencore Inc. Along with copper and zinc it produces indium, silver-bearing slimes, nickel-copper carbonate, liquid SO2 and sulphuric acid. The rock-eating, sulfur-breathing microbes have scientists wondering what other strange creatures dwell deep below Earth's surface. Ever cautious, Sherwood Lollar points out that she hasn’t found any evidence of shadow life at the Kidd Mine. Kidd Mine or Kidd Creek Mine is an underground base metal mine 24 km north of Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Kidd Mine or Kidd Creek Mine is an underground base metal mine 24 km north of Timmins, Ontario, Canada. “We’re finding that we don't really understand the limits to life,” Sherwood Lollar said. "That would stand out as a candidate for shadow life,” he said. [4], An aerial geophysical survey, conducted by Texas Gulf Sulphur Company in March 1959, indicated an anomaly in the Kidd-55 segment warranting ground investigation. Furlotte’s comments follow the recent Big Event Mining Expo held in Timmins where the chief topic of conversation was what the future might hold for the Kidd Operations deep mine and how the company is planning to extend the life of the mine beyond the expected shutdown in 2022.
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